The answer to this question is the public recognize their determination
By annexing Ukrainian land on the Black Sea coast, Putin also annexes the rights to any hydrocarbons found in its maritime zones.
The purpose of the United States signing treaties with Native Americans was so that Native Americans can have land in North America.
New overseas trade could make a European country richer because they have new resources that other places around them don't have. Therefore they can sell the new resources to others at a higher price
