<span>carved out several east-to-west trails that helped settlers move west</span>
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The answer to this question is Cape Colony
I believe the correct answer is Drake
During the periods of fighting with the Native Americans and expanding American territory on the continent through ethnic cleansing the United States was not actively engaged in expanding its boundaries around the globe through colonialism like other European states were doing at the time. This was a major difference in the expansionary domestic policy that was pursued in contrast to the rather isolationist foreign policy.
