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Colorado History
The early history about colorado is very amazing. There are many native american tribes like the pueblos. There is also the first non-native american which is Francisco Vasquez de coronado. The major events are civil war, columbine high, and world war two.
First People
The first people were here about 12,000 years ago. These people gathered berries, roots, and nuts that they could find.They also used wooden shovels to gather berries, nuts, and roots. They hunted megafauna for meat. Used sharpened stones for knives or spearheads. They used a throwing spear called an atlatl.
The next native american tribe is the pueblos. They lived on the colorado plateau in the bottom left corner. They were here 100 BCE to 1300 CE. They farmed corn, beans, and squash. There main meat source is turkey. They gathered fruits, nuts, and roots. The pueblos made a lot of pottery. They were amazing architects, they lived in big two-four story rock buildings.
The Utes were also a intriguing native american tribe. The utes lived in the north to the south of the rocky mountains. They lived from 100 BCE to the late 1800s BCE. They lived in wickiups made of barb grass or branches. They ate corn, squash, melons, gourds, and sunflowers. For meats they ate buffalo.
The most stunning is the jicarilla apaches. They lived on the east of the great plains. They lived from 1300 CE to 1500 CE. Bison is there primary resource, they used the meat for food, its skin for clothes, and its sinew for sewing. They hunted with bows. The bones were used for pounding or grinding grains into flour.
First Explorers
The first non-native american people are Francisco Vasquez de coronado who is from salamanca,spain. He came here to find the seven cities of cibola in 1540. He did not find any gold or silver though. He explored southwest of colorado.
Then there is Rene-Robert cavelier sieur de la salle. He is from france and he came for land for king louis XI . He claimed the land but nobody knew it was his and still settled on it. 1632 was when he came and explored the rocky mountains through the allegheny mountains.
Juan de uribarri also came to colorado for land in 1706. His trip was successful and he got some land and kept it. He explored the southwest of colorado.
Pedro de villasur was from spain and came to stop french trappers in 1720. Thirty-four of his soldiers died and eleven of his scout died. He did stop some of the french trappers.
Juan maria de rivera came from spain in search of gold and silver. He explored the sangre de cristo and the san juan mountains. He found very little gold and silver.
The first settlement was in 1846. The settlers were from mexico and they settled near conejos under the rio grande.
Columbine High
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Some major events in my state are columbine high school shooting, the civil war, and World War two. At Columbine high there was a shooting in 1999. Columbine high is in Littleton,Colorado. Thirteen students and one teacher died, twenty-three were injured. Two people had guns and after the shooting they found better ways to control gun access.
Civil War
The civil war Colorado had only been a territory for only a few weeks when the war started. Some people joined the anti-slavery and some joined the pro slavery. Formed regiments and fought in new mexico and kansas in apache canyon, pigeon’s ranch, and peralta.
World War 2
In World War two the japanese attacked by charging colorado. Colorado kept making more and more military bases. Farms produced more agriculture products than ever before. All japanese americans went to special camps.
Local Government
Colorado's local government has 64 counties. Denver and Broomfield operate as a single government. The other 62 counties are governed by either 3 or 5 commissioners.
Executive branch
Colorado became a state on august first, 1876. Colorado is the thirty-eighth state. John hickenlooper is today's governor. The executive part of the government has four year terms and eight years max. The three principal departments are the secretary of state, attorney general, and treasurer. The officials are governor and lieutenant governor. Voters cast one vote for each official.
Judical Branch
. The highest court in colorado is the supreme court made up of chief justice and six associates. Chief justice servers two years and if he gets voted again he goes for ten years. The next highest court is the court of appeals which is made up of twenty two judges.
Legislatve Branch
In the legislature part of the government has thirty-five senates and sixty-five house of representatives ib it. Senators have four years terms and representatives have two years terms. Both have eight years max.
Flag
My flag has three stripes. The top and bottom are blue and the middle one is white. It has a red C slightly left of the center. The C has a yellow dot inside. Designie in 1911. Signed on march 31, 1964. The colors represent environmental features
Seal
My state seal has the words “state of colorado” on the top of it. It has a axe, hammer, and sledge hammer on it. It has mountains on it and it has a banner saying “nil sine numine”. There is a triangle with an eye on it. It also has stars on the outside of it and it has the numbers “1876” the triangle at the top represent the eye of God. The words nil sine numine means nothing without deity. It was approved in 1877.​
Conclusion
Colorado has a very intriguing history about native americans, explorers, and some major events that changed colorado. These major events are world war two, civil war, and columbine high. In the future colorado will be amazing for skiing with giant mountains and beauty.
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