B.I.L.


 * BIG IDEAS**


 * -French and Spanish came to Kansas in the early 16th century.**

-Took land from the natives -This created many conflicts -They also brought many different foreign items and shiny things, ooooooh!

-Zeb Pike: Came to Kansas in an attempt to increase relations with the Osage and Kansa. Ended up doing an agriculture report which claimed Kansas to be an "uninhabitable desert". -Lewis&Clark: Were sent by president Thomas Jefferson and passed by Kansas in their Missouri exploration. Information proved to be invaluable for future settlers.
 * - 3 Main Explorers:**

-Trade: brought metal tools and cloth -Disease: Smallpox, influenza, measles, whooping cough.
 * -Explorers brought trade and disease to the Kansan Plains:**


 * -Relationships with the locals:**

~Experienced in trading with the northern Indians, traded guns, alcohol, and metal for fur. ~Wanted to ally with the Indians to keep away the Spanish competition.
 * French:** Came from Canada, following the Missouri River.

Comanche Indians obtained horses from them, using them to dominate the plains.
 * Spanish:** First to arrive, came from Mexico.


 * Indian Removal Act:

In the early 1800's, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, forcing the natives east of the Mississippi to move west. Jackson "justified" this by saying that the Indians would prefer urban life to life in the wild, but Indians saw it as an invasion of their lands.

Isaac McCoy was a baptist minister who wanted to help the Indians by creating an Indian State when natives could live in peace and gradually be converted to Christianity. Most agreed that this was the way to go, but again the natives were outraged.

The indians were then relocated to Reservations, which caused many long lasting tribes to break up until they were scattered altogether.

**Stanky Legg