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europeans took advantage of native american societies weakend by disease
New types of food helped many Europeans live better lives
Huge numbers of American native peoples died from European diseases.
People say that the Columbian Exchange occurred but it really didn't benefit the people of the New World very much.Worse for the New World, was the loss of 90 percent of the native population due to diseases that they never had seen before.There had been about 80 million and only around 720,000 were left. The land appeared to be empty.
New types of food helped many Europeans live better lives.new types of foods helped many Europeans live better lives.
Diseases
the transfer of disease
the transfer of disease
the horse
the introduction of smallpox
the horse
Huge numbers of indigenous peoples were wiped out by European diseases.
The introduction of smallpox to the native Americans.
New food sources for Europe.
the horse
the introduction of horses to the Native Americans.
The introduction of horses had the greatest impact on Native American cultures through the Columbian exchange. Horses revolutionized transportation, hunting, warfare, and trade for many indigenous communities in the Americas.