Why did Portugal have a large influence on European commerce?

Cubists created artworks that depicted objects as

The black hawk war began (20 points) a. sauk leaders signed the treaty of dancing rabbit creek. b. congress passed the indian removal act. c. the sauk moved onto a village established by white settlers. d. federal officials ordered the removal of all american indians from illinois.

Could anything have been done through compromise to stop it, or did it have to happen?