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What disease killed mass amounts of native Americas?
smallpox
What was a negative effect of the Columbian exchange?
The introduction of smallpox to the native Americans.
Which had the most devasting effect on the Native American population in the 1500s?
smallpox and measles
What was one negative result of the Columbian Exchange?
Disease killed millions of Native AmericansThe Columbian Exchange (the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, etc. between the old and new worlds) had both positive and negative impacts. For the native people in the Americas, the cumulative effect was negative.One example is large groups of native peoples being wiped out by European diseases like smallpox.
What was one Major European killer of native Americans?
One major European killer of Native Americans was disease. Europeans brought diseases such as smallpox, measles, and influenza to the Americas, to which the indigenous peoples had no immunity. These diseases caused widespread devastation and significantly reduced the population of Native Americans.
Did smallpox effect new borns in the 1800s in the US?
Yep...especially if you were a 'native american'. Smallpox was a major factor in the decimating of number of American Indians, as they caught it from non-natives.
What was the negative result of the Columbian Exchange?
Disease killed millions of Native AmericansThe Columbian Exchange (the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, etc. between the old and new worlds) had both positive and negative impacts. For the native people in the Americas, the cumulative effect was negative.One example is large groups of native peoples being wiped out by European diseases like smallpox.
What was the Negative of the Columbian exchange?
Disease killed millions of Native AmericansThe Columbian Exchange (the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, etc. between the old and new worlds) had both positive and negative impacts. For the native people in the Americas, the cumulative effect was negative.One example is large groups of native peoples being wiped out by European diseases like smallpox.
What caused millions of deaths among native Americans in the years after Europeans arrived in the Americas?
Diseases, largely smallpox, brought by Europeans caused millions of deaths among the native Americans who had no resistance to these foreign diseases.
What was the effect of the Native American's lack of immunity to smallpox malaria and yellow fever?
A decline of 90% in the New World Indian population
The plight of smallpox helped defeat the rebellion of what man?
Smallpox infected blankets were used to defeat the Native American opposition to conquest. The Native Americans had no natural immunity to smallpox.
Which diseases killed more native America than did Spanish swords?
Diseases such as smallpox, measles, and influenza brought by Europeans had a devastating impact on native populations in the Americas, causing more deaths than Spanish swords. These diseases were introduced to a population with no immunity, leading to widespread outbreaks and significant loss of life.
