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It killed them because their bodies were not immune to the new diseases the new settlers brought with them from other countries.

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Because the English people from England brought it and the Native Americans caught it. The reason so many Native Americans died from the diseases brought by the Europeans was that the diseases were new to the Native Americans; they had never been exposed to them, therefore they had no immunity to them.

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Q: Why did Native Americans die from disease?
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Because of disease .


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