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The West
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| American Revolution | the movement for political independence of the 13 British colonies along the Atlantic seaboard |
| The ___ had arrived in North America in the 16th century via the Spanish invasion of Mexico. | horse |
| The horse, which vastly improved the ___, ____, and ___ effectiveness of whoever owned it, as a technological advantage that the Spanish initially tried to keep for themselves. | communication, transportation, and military |
| Prior to the horse's arrival, the Great Plains had been lightly inhabited | the ecosystem was dominated by the American bison |
| bison | a shaggy beast that weighed over 2,000 pounds and collected in herds numbering into the millions |
| The Cree | termed the horse the "big dog," while the Lakota, recognizing the almost magical change the horse had brought to their lives, called it the "mystery dog. |
| In 1776, for example, at the very moment that British colonists were composing their Declaration of Independence, the Spanish founded a settlement at a natural harbor in northern California that they named ___ ______. | San Francisco |
| sedentarization | compelling the Natives to give up their nomadic ways |
| In 1775, as settlers on the East Coast were rising up against the British at Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, the Indians at the mission of San Diego revolted against the ___, burning most of the mission buildings and killing several priests. | spanish |
| Soon ____, ____, ____ ships inaugurated a regular trade along the coast with the region's Native peoples, exchanging blankets, tools, and other manufactured goods for Indian-caught pelts. | British, Russian, and US |
| the Proclamation Line of 1763 | the Cherokee Nation had sided with the British during the American Revolution, fighting not to create the US but to prevent its independence |
| the ___ people underwent a dramatic transformation from small, scattered bands of dog-dependent nomads in the late 1600s to a powerful equestrian culture a generation later. | Comanche |
| The ___ in turn moved farther west, where they came into increased contact with the Spanish in New Mexico, Chihuahua, and Sonora. | Apache |
| the ___ also raided deep into Mexico for agricultural supplies, livestock, and captives. | Comanche |
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