Indians and Settlers
Moving west
Promises, promises!
Colorado Ranches
Factoids
100
The Indians shared the land, water, grass, and trees with the prospectors.
How did some Indians help prospectors?
100
It encouraged people to settle farther west.
How did the Homestead Act help build the Colorado Territory?
100
The right for women to vote.
What is women's suffrage?
100
Those who raise and sell livestock.
What do ranchers do?
100
The V Heart ranch
What was the name of Morgan's ranch?
200
The settlers thought land and natural resources could be bought and sold.
How did settlers view the land?
200
They brought tourists to the territory, brought many new settlers to the territory, and there were more jobs available.
Three changes the railroads brought to the Colorado territory.
200
It included 160 acres of land for a small fee, a citizen was required to build a home and plant crops within five years.
What did the Homestead Act include?
200
They didn't want to share the land or water with each other.
Why did cattle and sheep ranchers fight one another?
200
John L Routt
Who was the state's first governor?
300
The settlers were just stopping in Colorado on the way to California.
What first brought prospectors to Colorado?
300
1876
What year did Colorado become a state?
300
The U.S. government promised the Utes land in western Colorado, but it was taken from them when prospectors found silver there.
What promises were broken between the U.S government and the Ute Indians?
300
John Morgan and people he led to the valley went here.
Why settled in the San Luis Valley?
300
Colorado City, Golden, Boulder, Canon City, and Pueblo
What cities were hoping to become the capital of Colorado?
400
The Sand Creek Masacre and the Battle of Summit Springs.
What are two large battles that were fought during Colorado's Indian wars?
400
This finding brought more prospectors and businessmen to the state.
How did the silver boom help Colorado grow?
400
They didn't think they could farm in "The great American desert."
Why did people NOT want to come to Colorado?
400
A mud house with a sod roof lived in by the settlers.
What is a soddy?
400
22 years
How long did it take to build the Colorado State Capitol?
500
Kansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, and Utah
What four territories was Colorado a part of before it became it's own territory?
500
The reason the Utes were forced to go to reservations in Utah and southwestern Colorado.
What happened after the battle between the Ute Indians and settlers?
500
The Denver Pacific Railway went to these places?
What railroad when from Denver to Cheyenne?
500
This helped ranchers keep track of their cattle.
Why did a rancher use a brand?
500
It became a state 100 years after the United States became a nation.
Why is Colorado called the Centennial State?
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