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Between 30,000 and 11,000 years ago. The first known human presence is 11,000 years ago but there is evidence to suggest it was earlier.
Humans entered North America from modern day Russia over a land bridge that no longer exists.
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RossAbout 20,000 years ago. They likely originated in Asia and went north through Russia, crossed the Bering Strait into North America, and continued southward through the US, Latin America, and South America.
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When did Indians come to Pennsylvania?
Native Americans lived in Pennsylvania long before the white European settlers did.
What best describes the behavior of the conquistadors toward Native Americans?
Conquistadors pitted native tribes against each other, favoring their allies, as long as they were useful. Once the conquest was over, the Native Americans were subject to mistreatment and slavery.
The overall pattern of the history of Native Americans in America since Europeans have arrived has been?
a long-running pattern of whites removing Native Americans from their land, their lifestyle, and killing them.
The long sad journey of the Native Americans to their new home in the west was called the?
trail of tears
What did the American government do with the Native American populations after the army conquered them?
The Native Americans tried to defend their territory, but were not strong enough to protect themselves and their homes. They were either killed during the Indian Wars or moved to Indian Reservations. Even today many Native Americans still live on these Indian Reservations. The movement West displaced many Native Americans from their native homes. They were moved to Reservations that were often a long way from their native land. Not long after Congress herded the Native Americans onto Reservations, Congress enacted The Dawes Severalty Act (February 8, 1887) that deprived them of their legal status.
