USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the North American great plains, the arrival of the horse revolutionized Native American life, permitting tribes to hunt the buffalo far more effectively. Several Native American groups left farming to become buffalo-hunting nomads and, incidentally, the most formidable enemies of European expansion in the Americas.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the late 1400s, Spanish conquistadors brought European horses to North America, back to where they evolved long ago. At this time, North America was widely covered with open grasslands, serving as a great habitat for these horses. These horses quickly adapted to their former range and spread across the nation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Once horses migrated into the grasslands of North and South America in the late 1500s, they exploded in population and were free for the taking. Horses were a weapon of war, hauled freight, made cattle ranching possible, and totally transformed the cultures of American Great Plains Indians.

Detailed explanation-4: -Impact of the Horse (1680–1875) Horses revolutionized Native life and became an integral part of tribal cultures, honored in objects, stories, songs, and ceremonies. Horses changed methods of hunting and warfare, modes of travel, lifestyles, and standards of wealth and prestige.

Detailed explanation-5: -The ancient wild horses that stayed in America became extinct, possibly due to climate changes, but their ancestors were introduced back to the American land via the European colonists many years later. Columbus’ second voyage was the starting point for the re-introduction, bringing Iberian horses to modern-day Mexico.