The purpose of the Treaty of Fort Laramie was to keep Native Americans away from migration routes used by westward settlers.
This Treaty gave the Sioux certain areas of America to own, parts where no white people could enter. This was both for the protection of white people and Native Americans, however, it did not last for long because white people entered Native American territory in search of gold.
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These statements are true:
B. European empires expanded as a result of transoceanic voyages of exploration and establishment of colonies
The age of discovery started with the Portuguese, who established colonies in Africa and Asia. The Spanish followed soon and colonized most of South and Central America. In the following decades, the French, Dutch and Swedish did the same.
Therefore, interoceanic voyage was interlinked with colonization. As European nations discovered new lands, they took hold of those areas, subjected the local populations, extracted natural resources, and annexed the new colonies to their growing empires.
D. The French Empire became even larger than the British one due to France's early successes in gaining territory in Asia and America.
During the earlier phases of European Imperialism, the French were more succesful than the English, at least, in amount of territory held. In the Americas, the French ruled a large area from Quebec to New Orleans, although not many french colonizers lived there.
The English focused on the Eastern Colonies, that were smaller in land area, but larger in population.
I think it’s a break even
D. Stephen Austin
Led by the Empressario, Stephen F. Austin, an initial grant for three hundred families--the "Old 300"--in 1821 opened up Texas to a flood of American immigrants, as many as 30,000 by the time of the Texas Revolution in 1835.
