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How did the lack of immunity to disease affect the native American people?
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many native peoples died because Europeans brought disease germs and native peoples bodies were not strong enough to protect them from small pox and measles.
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Why did disease kill off so many native Americans when the Spanish first arrived?
Disease, particularly smallpox, killed a significant number of Native Americans when the Spanish arrived because the Indigenous populations had no immunity to these new diseases. They had not been previously exposed to them, while Europeans had built up some level of resistance over centuries. This lack of immunity allowed diseases brought by the Spanish to spread rapidly and ravage Native American communities.
How did the lackof immunity to disease affect the native American people?
Bercause Native Americans did not have exposure to the diseases the Europeans brought over, they had not built up immunity to them and when outbreaks occured in the Europeans, the Native Americans would get the diseases and die usually more quickly than the europeans and in larger numbers. An example is the small pox virus that was introduced to America and Native Americans by the Europeans.
What caused the native American population to decline in the 1500s?
Diseases brought from Europe for which they had no immunity.
Why did epidemic diseases have such a devastating effect on the native American poplation in the first years of contact?
* they had no immunity
What was the reason for native population in central Mexico to decrease starting in 1500?
Disease brought by Spanish conquistadors, such as smallpox. Native Americans didn't have immunity and died by the millions.
What is the difference between the African slaves and the native American slave?
African slaves were forcibly brought to the Americas from Africa to work on plantations, while Native American slaves were indigenous people who were captured and enslaved by European colonizers. Both groups experienced horrific conditions and treatment, but African slaves were subjected to the transatlantic slave trade on a much larger scale.
What did the Europeans introduce the native Americans to?
Disease came with the Europeans. The old world brought diseases to the new world and they had no natural immunity to them.
Was Disease the Key Factor in the Depopulation of Native Americans in the Americas?
Disease was certainly a main cause in Native American deaths ( along with massacres). Missionaries and explorers brought diseases that were not present n the Indian populations, and because of this they did not have any build-up of immunity to be able to effectively fight them off. They spread like wildfire and killed many.
Why did a common illness like the flu prove deadly to so many native Americans?
The European settlers had been exposed to common diseases for hundreds of years, and had an acquired immunity to them. The Native Americans had no such immunity, so a simple childhood disease like measles was deadly to them.
What was the disease impacted native Americans populations in the 1500s and the 1800s?
The Native Americans were impacted by many illnesses that came from the new settlers. In the 1500's and 1800's the Native population was affected by smallpox for which they had no immunity.
How did the erepens bring smallpox to the new world?
the native Americans have no immunity to the disease so when the europeans that had it came over they spreaded it real fast.
What killed many American Indians?
The people who came from Europe to the New World. They killed the Native Americans with their foreign diseases and their random slayings. They also forced the Native Americans off of their land and that starved them.
