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Yellow fever is a mosquito-borne viral illness that killed many early colonists.
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What was the disease that killed millions of people carried by?
The disease that killed millions of people was carried by Bubonic plague and was carried by rats.
The disease that killed millions of people was carried by?
Yellow fever
What effect did the disease carried by the spanish have on the Aztecs?
it had killed most of them.
Why did the jamwstown colony almost come to an end?
The colonists were not prepared for the harsh winter. The cold and disease killed almost all of the colonists. Attacks from Indians also affected their survival.
What are the qualities of Jamestown's environment?
Jamestown was located in Virginia on the James River. The location of the fort was in a poor area. It was on marshy ground with brackish water. Mosquitos carried disease and killed the men as well as water born disease. The fort was located in the worse land in the area and in a Native American empire of 15,000. They knew that the men would have trouble in the area and allowed them to die naturally from the elements and conditions.
What were 2 things responsible for hurting the Comanche Indians?
Disease carried by whites and the large amount of buffalo killed by whites.
What is the ''black plague''?
The Black Plague is a disease that spread throughout Europe and Asia. It was carried to Europe on Asian merchants' ships which had black rats which carried fleas which carried a type of bacteria. It killed about a third of the people in Europe.
How bad was the paranoia in Jamestown?
Bad. The colonists were almost all wiped out. When John Rolfe traveled to Jamestown, only about 50 of the origional colonists were left in Jamestown. Most of the colonist had been killed by disease, famine, dehydration, or Native American attacks. The colonists that survived lived in unsanitary conditions, and were starving and sick.
How do the lungs protect us from disease?
If any Microorganisms get into our lungs it gets caught in the mucus and is then carried up into our breathing system by the cilia, it is then swallowed and killed by the hydrochloric acid in our stomach
What disease carried by European explorers and settlers killed up to 50 percent of the Native American population?
Smallpox and other plague like diseases. Also guns
What was a clash between BBritish troops and a group of colonists in which five colonists were killed?
the boston massacre
How many colonists were killed in 1770 massacre?
3 people were killed and 2 were injured
