Directions: read the question below carefully and write your response on the free-response answer sheet.“’[t]he european pioneers were accompanied and often preceded by their domesticated animals, walking sources of food, leather, fiber, power, and to a certain extent, the success of europeans as colonists was automatic as soon as they put their tough, fast, fertile, and intelligent animals ashore. the latter sought out their own sustenance, improvised their own protection against the weather, [and] fought their own battles against predators.” alfred w. crosby, historian, 1988. “for all the calamities that came in the long run, european contact at first offered american indian peoples many opportunities and advantages. old world technologies provided a range of trade goods that brought vast improvements to everyday life. what was arguably the greatest contribution, however, was not made of metal but of flesh and blood—the horse. its effects, especially on western tribes, were truly revolutionary. it altered their material lives, rearranged their relations with their environments, and fed a burst of power and affluence.” elliott west, historian, 2009. using the excerpts above, answer a, b and c. a) briefly explain one major similarity between crosby’s and west’s historical interpretations. b) briefly explain one major difference between crosby’s and west’s historical interpretations. c) briefly explain how one example from the period 1491–1607, not explicitly mentioned in the excerpts, could be used to support one of these two historians’ interpretations.