<span>The territory that they acquired was present- day </span>Arizona,California<span>, </span>Colorado<span>, </span>Nevada<span>, </span>New Mexico<span>, </span>Utah<span> and </span>Wyoming<span>.</span>
1. The similarity that all of those 3 had is that they wanted undertake colonization through the agency of chartered companies.
2. My best guess is C.
D? Nope, out of topic. A? Only of Florida, no. B? kind of, not really though.
I know that <span>Muhammad declared Mecca as the holiest city in Islam. I'm pretty sure it is </span><span>Muhammad and his followers seized Mecca and emptied the Kaaba of pagan idols, replacing them with shrines to Allah. Because Muhammad was the one that forced the surrender of the city Mecca.</span>