The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also called Custer's Last Stand, marked the most decisive Native American victory and the worst U.S. Army defeat in the long Plains Indian War. The demise of Custer and his men outraged many white Americans and confirmed their image of the Indians as wild and bloodthirsty.
Answer: The colonies had been practicing limited forms of self-government since the early 1600s. And often used this influence to keep the governors in line with colonial wishes.
