Because steam engines runs on coals and it is an abundant resource
Conquistadors were soldiers or explorers from the either the Spanish or Portuguese Empire that came in search for land & power, gold, and labor.
Originally it was the Slavs and then the Vikings came along and took over
New trading routes led to greater communication, new technologies, and religion spreading
The greatest impetus for Oklahoma statehood<span> began after the Land Run of ... Before the passage of the</span>Oklahoma<span> Enabling Act (1906), </span>four statehood plans<span> evolved. ... </span>Indians<span> in O.T. were held in trust by the federal government for twenty-</span>one<span> ... Indian leaders and whites in Indian Territory (I.T.) </span>favored<span> double</span>statehood.<span>The Territory of </span>Oklahoma<span> was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that ... Until this point, </span>Native Americans<span> had exclusively used the land. ... was </span>one<span> of the main supporters of the opening of </span>Oklahoma<span> to white settlement. .... due to the growing idea of </span>statehood<span>, which had originated in Indian Territory.</span>