natives.
The Great Plains.
great plains
Great Plains
1783
It was called the Great American Desert.
they came in the 1850s
When settlers crossed the Great Plains, they were sometimes attacked by the native tribes. The Puritans faced persecution in Europe, and many became settlers in American colonies.
The passage of the Homestead Acts led many settlers to the Great Plains states. These acts gave ownership of land to settlers at little to no cost.
wild grasses
The settlers on the Great Plains gave up and moved because they wanted to explore. They could not thrive in the Great Plains.
1783
Few settlers had moved to the Great Plains.