There were ancient horses native to the Americas, but they went extinct prior to human civilizations being founded. The current mustang population of the American West, the Chincoteague Ponies and other feral horse populations are all descendants of horses and ponies brought over by the European explorers, settlers and conquistadors.
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∙ 13y agoThe Spanish first introduced wild horses to the Americas! :)
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∙ 16y agoHorses origionally lived in North America, but died out. Horses from Europe and Asia were brought back to North America by explorers on boats and ships.
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∙ 13y agoin 1519, The Spanish marched to Tenochtitlan at the head of a small body of troops (550 soldiers and 16 horses).
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∙ 11y agoThe Spanish conquistadors in the early 1500s.
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∙ 13y agoWith the understanding that Mexico is in North America, Native Americans did not have the diseases that Europeans brought to the New World. Also, horses and the wheel were not in the Native American empires and Tribes.
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they have brought apples, oranges, and even carrots.they have also brought tacos enchiladas and quesedillas
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While the Columbian Exchange brought many new animals and crops, it also brought new diseases for people as well as crops.
The Iroquois got horses after the Spanish brought them over to America in the 1600s. There were no horses in America before the Spanish introduced them to the Indians.
The Spanish brought most of the horses to America.
The conquistadors brought horses to Latin America in 1521.
Columbus brought horses on his second trip to No. America in 1493.
Because the Conquistadors brought the first modern horses to America. The horses that were native to the Americas were extinct by the time Europeans got here.
Horses were brought to America by the conquistadors. Therefore they were not in North America during the ice age.
Because, a long long time ago when Indians were the only ones here,the British brought horses to America! The Spanish brought them in two phases
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Cows, pigs, and horses.
Horses first returned with the Conquistadors, beginning with Columbus, who imported horses from Spain to the West Indies on his second voyage in 1493.
The horses were already there for the indians.
I'm not sure where "here" is, but horses were brought to America by the spainards, and horses traveled to Asia as in like 7000 BC or something by landbridge.