Explain what Hamilton and
crew mean when
they sing “My
Shot" (beginning
approximately
8:15 in the film)
What do they
mean when they
say they are
going to "rise
up?"

The native americans, spanish, french and americans all name places in our state. the word “arkansas” came from the quapaw indians, by way of early french explorers. at the time of the early french exploration, a tribe of indians, the quapaws, lived west of the mississippi and north of the arkansas river.