The primary way in which the government encouraged settlement in the west was through the Homestead Act, which gave people free land--while the railroads allowed them to travel there safely.
It allowed them to settle down and not live always on the move as Nomadic tribes. They became established farming colonies.
To shorten the journey from the East Coast to the West Coast cutting the time in half.
I already answered it but here it goes again: The Codex Justinianus, complied and implemented during the reign of Emperor Justinian I of the Eastern roman Empire sought o provide imperial lands with a comprehensive, rational and coherent set of laws that would eliminate contradicting ones and would also replace the Theodosian Code.
<span>C. Those lands were wealthy with gold, jewels, and spices
Europeans believed that East Asia has l</span><span>ands that are wealthy with gold, jewels, and spices</span><span>
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