Short Answer A) Analyze how each of the following factors contributed to western settlement from 1854 to 1890.

Desire for natural resources

Federal government policies

Technological developments

B) Explain how that settlement led to conflicts with and damage to American Indian communities.

Desire for natural resources.

Explanation:

Main factors which contributed to western settlement from 1854 to 1890 are desire for natural resources such as fertile land, gold, logging and farming. This western settlement led to conflicts between American Indian communities and new settlers because these lands belongs to American Indian communities and they would not allow foreign people to capture their lands so that's why conflict occurs between American Indian communities and new settlers.

trade in silk, spices, and precious metals.

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