Explanation:
mercantilism, economic theory and practice common in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. It was the economic counterpart of political absolutism.
A) A fort was established and many were killed by diseases
Lewis and Clark's expedition was not positive to the native of Mandan village the most devastating epidemic was the smallpox outbreak in the year 1837 killing a lot of people. The epidemic played an important factor in uniting the surviving Mandans and Hidatsa who later engaged in trade, farming and hunting.
