Answer:Same lol, it was good, thanks for asking :P
Explanation:
On this problem you don't need to subtract. They want to know the total amount of people who attended so you would add.
1 1 1 (carried over numbers)
12,679 (Line it up with 8491, ones place to ones place and so on)
+8,491
21170 (answer)
He was originally trying to find a area somewhere on the coast of the United States to try and find gold deposits and return wealth to the royalty of Portugal.
the constitution protected them