They hoped to end the Texas revolution. <span />
The cartoonist they had portrayed Rockefeller as a big octopus they also interpreted John D. Rockefeller's commentary as an attempted to pacify the cartoonist.
John D. Rockefeller was born July 8, 1839, in Richford, new york, he's one of the globe’s wealthiest men and a first-rate philanthropist.
It is Portugal and France because France had land in North America and Portugal was trying to get as much space as possib<span>le because Spain was also in South America with them. I hope this helps. :)</span>
The answer is thousands came seeking their fortunes.
It is estimated that over three hundred thousand people came in the period following the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill. The influx of people during this period of time became known at the 49's, since it took time for communication and travel to be arranged, but those people who did came in droves, scrambling to find their own plot of land to prospect. The name still popularly exists today and is represented in the NFL's team in San Francisco, the 49's (said forty-niners).
Watergate scandal would be the main thing.
But if you want a second answer to this then the Arab oil embargo because of how much people were unable to get gas or go to work.
