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 * What is your //general// belief about who or what is most responsible for causing the conflict?**


 * I believe that the white men and the treaty was the cause of the conflict . One reason is that the white men. wanted their land for gold. And also for the pioneers to live on. The second reason was the treaty. Chief Josephs father sighned the first treaty to have the land of Idaho. Then the second treaty came to clame the land for the whitemen.**

**What is the relevant background information (i.e. who, what, when, where)?**
 * The tention grew and chief joseph went to war (known as the Nez Perce Retreat). The Nez Perce Retreat started in 1863 when gold was discovered to when chief joseph died in**


 * A long time ago, The whitemen came to claim the Nez Perce land for gold, and for a living. The Tribe refused to fight, so they were** **forced to leave.**

**What were 3 factors that helped cause the conflict (politics, economics, geography, history)?**


 * One factor is when chief josephs father sighned the first treaty.Another Factor is the gold. The people wanted the gold so they took the nez perce indians land. And the third factor is that the people that wanted the nez perce land is greedy.**

**Explain why one factor is more important than the others.**


 * The most importiant factor was the need for gold because. the cold was the cause of the retreat. They wanted the gold so they forced the nez perce indians out to reservations.**

**How could the conflict have been avoided?**


 * The conflict could have been avoided if the Nez Perce indians sighned the treaty and find new places to live.**


 * What sources of information have you used? **


 * Clark,Dustin __Washington a state of contrasts.__ East Wenatchee WA.:**