Before the USS Maine exploded, the United States was trying to expand as a world power. Thus, many Americans blamed Spain for the explosion of the USS Maine because it gave them a reason to declare war on Spain and take control of Spanish territory in the Pacific and Caribbean.
After the Boston massacre, The Boston Committee of Correspondence was revived. <span />
The US and Brits wouldn't have access to Russia to send supplies and Russia is cold so both countries would have to wait till spring to counter-attack.
A kiva is a room used by Puebloans for religious rituals and political meetings, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo people, kivas are square-walled and underground, and are used for spiritual ceremonies
-From Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiva
