During this time, settlers were beginning to push westward. The U. S. government felt that the vast expanses of fertile land used for communal hunting by Native Americans would be better utilized for and other uses by white settlers.

i believe the answer would be 1.

the correct answers are: 1) lay and collect taxes and duties; 2) pay debts; 5) borrow money;   6) regulate commerce with foreign nations.

article 1, section 8. refers to the powers of congress. according to the united states constitution: “the congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the united states.”