1) the destruction of the temple
C) Pedro Cabral claimed land in South America for Portugal, resulting in the use of Portuguese in Brazil today. This happened on the 22nd of April in 1500 with the docking of his fleet on what is now the Brazilian coast. The first Portuguese settlement was in 1532, although colonization started in 1534, when the then King of Portugal divided Brazil into fifteen different territories.
Answer:
The following reason explains why the U.S. army gunned down unarmed Sioux at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota in 1890:
- American soldiers feared an uprising provoked by a militant interpretation of the Ghost Dance religion.
Explanation:
- Ghost Dance is such a religion which is lying on the basis of Wovoka's prophecy. That states the end of white expansion by Indians and also preaching the lessons of clean living, honest life and cooperation between different cultures.
- This religious movement wanted to restore the cultural traditions of Indians who were living in the western parts of the United States of America.
- In 1890, the U.S. army gunned down unarmed Sioux because soldiers feared that uprising has been provoked by the militant interpretation of the ghost dance religion.
