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By Tim McNeese

ISBN-10: 1438127774

ISBN-13: 9781438127774

ISBN-10: 1604133481

ISBN-13: 9781604133486

"Discovering U.S. background" spans the complicated and sundry historical past of the U.S. from prehistoric occasions to the current day. This new chronological set might be learn as an entire, offering readers with a accomplished background, or as standalone volumes, with every one name serving as a time pill of a selected period. every one identify brings to existence the folk and occasions that experience formed the kingdom via a transparent and pleasing narrative, attention-grabbing boxed insets, and vigorous full-color and black-and-white photos and illustrations. scholars will locate those books important for stories, best vitamins to textbooks, or just fascinating analyzing.

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In time, conflict developed between the French and their Indian trade partners. In 1729, when the Natchez learned that the French intended to tear down Great Village to provide a place for the French governor’s plantation house, they revolted. Although the Natchez killed several hundred Frenchmen, they were ultimately defeated and surviving Natchez were scattered among neighboring tribes. With their destruction, the last of the mound-building cultures ended. 51 5 People of the Great Plains G eographically, the Great Plains Culture Region is the largest of all the regions, with lands extending from the provinces of central Canada, including Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.

In 1729, when the Natchez learned that the French intended to tear down Great Village to provide a place for the French governor’s plantation house, they revolted. Although the Natchez killed several hundred Frenchmen, they were ultimately defeated and surviving Natchez were scattered among neighboring tribes. With their destruction, the last of the mound-building cultures ended. 51 5 People of the Great Plains G eographically, the Great Plains Culture Region is the largest of all the regions, with lands extending from the provinces of central Canada, including Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.

Dozens of American Indian tribes made this flat, wide-open country their home, including the Lakota (the Sioux), Cheyenne, Comanche, and Pawnee. EARLY PLAINS LIFE American Indians have lived on the Great Plains perhaps since 11,000 years ago. Through much of that period, their lives have remained constant. Hunting provided their basic food needs in the early millennia, but during the past several centuries eastern Plains peoples have lived in largely permanent villages, where they farmed, using simple techniques.

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