They died of disease.
They died of disease.
When the Europeans arrived, thousands of Native Americans died of smallpox. Not only that, but Europeans slaughtered thousands of Natives under the order of President Andrew Jackson. The surviving Native Americans were forced on to reservations.
When the Europeans arrived, thousands of Native Americans died of smallpox. Not only that, but Europeans slaughtered thousands of Natives under the order of President Andrew Jackson. The surviving Native Americans were forced on to reservations.
because of diseases
native American tradition was passed on orally.
Native American Pueblo Indians.
Native Americans have lived in the Americas for thousands of years before Europeans arrived.
"The most striking deature of Native American society at the time Europeans arrived was its sheer diversity" Give Me Liberty Vol. 1 Eric Foner, page 8
the native tribes each had areas that they controlled.
After the Spanish arrived in the Caribbean islands, many of the local Native Americans were enslaved, killed, or died from diseases brought by the Europeans. The Spanish also forced them to convert to Christianity and disrupted their traditional way of life. The population of Native Americans declined significantly due to these factors.
Mexicans and native Hawaiians
Much of the decline was due to the fact Native Americans had no natural immunities to European diseases.