6.1 Flashcards
How did contact with Europeans reshape the lives of the Apaches?
The Spanish introduced horses and the French introduced firearms
How did the Apaches adapt to the changing culture of the West in the late 1700s and early 1800s?
Comanches and Lakotas forced Apahes out of the Great Plains into New Mexico, where they raided Spanish and Pueblo settlements. Apaches moved into the canyons of northwest New Mexico, where they settled and became known as Navajos. Other Apaches continued raiding Spanish settlements
Why did the Spanish have difficulty attracting settlers to California and Texas?
Both regions acted as buffer zones to project Mexico, but California was too distant from settlements in Mexico to profit from agricultural trade, and Texas was considered too poor and dangerous because of frequent American Indian raids.
How did independence from Spain lead to Mexico’s increasing economic dependence on the United States?
(Mexico is now independent from Spain); The Spanish had discouraged economic contact, but merchants from Missouri now opened trade with Santa Fe, and US mariners (someone who makes their living by trade on the sea) began trading along the California coast.
How did interaction between the United States and California develop?
American trappers known as the Mountain Men set up trade links between California and the US.
What were the difficulties of the Oregon trail?
Long journey: 2,000 miles
Had to get across 2 mountain ranges (Rockies and Sierra Nevada)
Overcome desert and dry plains
Disease; needed clean water (cholera)
Dangerous weather
Many died
Uncomfortable
Lack of food
Cannibalism
What were the opportunities of the Oregon trail?
Fertile land
Good weather
Freshwater
Religious tolerance
Bigger and better farms
Start a new life
Boarding houses, business ventures
GOLD?
What conflicts can you imagine developing between American Indians and the ever-increasing flow of settlers in the West?
Conflicts will probably develop over land and resources
