733+Cowboys

William Leung
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 * 1. **** A: The Cowboys originated from Texas, which is in the west. They were the first people that lived in the west before anyone came. Cowboys came to "The West" because they wanted the land and it was cheap in the west. There was also more opportunities for the cowboys.  **=====

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 * 2. **** A:The Cowboys had a conflict with the Indians. The Indians had to protect themselves from almost everyone such as cowboys,ranchers,miners and pioneers. So when they started the massacre, it led to a war between each other. So since the Americans wanted to move west, it made everybody at the west move further into the west. So it led to conflict where everybody had to protect themselves. After all this happened, the Cowboys tried to protect themselves too.  **=====

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 * 3. **** A: In 1867, the first cattle drive from Texas up the Chisholm Trail arrived at the rail yards of Abilene, Kansas. In 1874, Joseph Glidden invented the barbed wire to keep the horde of an  **** imals in ****  groups. In 1877, Congress passed the "Desert Act", this act allowed people to buy land. The land only costed $0.25 per Acres. However, there were only 644 Acres.  **