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uropean diseases
The usual answer is infectious diseases that Columbus and Co brought with them from Europe - diseases that had previously been unknown in the Americas and against with the Native Americans had therefore not built up immunity or even resistance.By the way, I wouldn't call that an American holocaust as was not deliberate killing.
Decimation of buffalo herds
The existing central American population
As colonists moved east from their original settlements, Native Americans were continually pushed further west. Failure to do so could result in conflicts that in a large degree killed many Native Americans. In addition to that, European diseases unknown to the New World, killed many Natives.
the decimation of the native American population.
Most of the decimation of the Native American population after 1500 resulted from the need for more and more land. The Colonists and others came to America and literally pushed the Native Americans off of their homelands.
disease and massacres
The decimation of the native population of the Americas led to the importation of African slaves to work on plantations due to the growing need for labor. This laid the foundation for the transatlantic slave trade and the development of racially-based chattel slavery in the Americas.
uropean diseases
they died from desises
Native American Services Corp.'s population is 125.
The usual answer is infectious diseases that Columbus and Co brought with them from Europe - diseases that had previously been unknown in the Americas and against with the Native Americans had therefore not built up immunity or even resistance.By the way, I wouldn't call that an American holocaust as was not deliberate killing.
Decimation of buffalo herds
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The existing central American population
The settlement of the colonies by the British was followed by rapid colonial growth and decimation of the native population, which has laid the groundwork for the United States as we know it today.