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Was the leading cause of death among native Americans after the arrivals of europeans?
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∙ 6y ago
At first (i.e. immediately after the arrival of Europeans) it was imported European Infectious Diseases that the Native Americans had no immunity to (e.g. smallpox, measles, rubella, bubonic plague, chickenpox, pneumonic plague, cholera, diphtheria, influenza, scarlet fever, typhus, tuberculosis, whooping cough). Between all of these various diseases it has been estimated that as much as 90% of the original Native American population may have died, leaving much of the continents of North and South America open and unoccupied for the new European settlers (until Native American populations slowly began to recover).
Later and to the present it has been abuse of alcohol, modern commercial tobacco products, etc.
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∙ 10y agoThe major cause of death in native americans in the 16th and 17th centuries was disease :)
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What is the correct order arrivals in the Americas?
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What is the correct order of arrivals in the Americas?
european,vikkings,native americans
What is the correct order of the arrivals in America is it the vikings the native Americans then the Europeans?
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Many native Americans succumbed to the diseases brought over by the Europeans, as they had no immunity.
