Europeans brought diseases to the New World that the native populations had no immunity to. That and outright murder are the major European contributions to the Death Rate of the Native Americans.
Infection and disease.
Infection and disease.
He was the first European to encounter the Native Americans of the Bahamas and brought with him disease, death, discrimination, and invasion.
the native Americans called death valley 'Ground on fire"
They died because the europeans carried a disease with them called smallpox, and while they were used to this disease the native americans were not and their immune systems did not know how to fight it.
The most significant cause of death among Native Americans after the arrival of the Conquistadors was the introduction of infectious diseases, such as smallpox, measles, and influenza. The Native American population had no immunity to these diseases, which led to devastating outbreaks and decimated their populations.
if the native americans did not agree, then they were either sentenced to death, or forced to learn it.
Diease mainy because Native Americans were never exposed to European dieases small pocks
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Smallpox is the disease that caused the death of Native Americans. The Spanish conquistadors brought it from Spain, and the Native Americans, not having an immunity to it, died when the Spanish invaded the Aztec capital. This helped the Spanish defeat the Aztec capital and take over what is known today as Mexico.Bubonic Plague
Often people refer to the mass death of Native Americans within 50 years of European arrival as a genocide. While there was certainly a large percenatage of deaths (in some places as high as ninety percent), there was not a clear motive to kill the Native Americans and most succumbed to disease that the colonizers did not intend to spread.
Native Americans were removed from their lands by the use of Force (threat of death) and by Treaty (often backed by the use of Force).