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Native Americans were more likely to die from the diseases that European settlers brought to America because they had less immunity to these diseases than the settlers did.

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Why were native Americans more likely to die from diseases the European settlers brought to America than the settlers themselves?

Native Americans were more likely to die from the diseases that European settlers brought to America because they had less immunity to these diseases than the settlers did.


Why did Native Americans declined after Europeans arrived in America?

Much of the decline was due to the fact Native Americans had no natural immunities to European diseases.


When the Europeans made contact with North America what didn't Native Americans have?

With the understanding that Mexico is in North America, Native Americans did not have the diseases that Europeans brought to the New World. Also, horses and the wheel were not in the Native American empires and Tribes.


Europeans affected the Native Americans in north America?

Europeans brought diseases that killed much of the Native American population. - Minh


Why did native Americans and Africans suffer after European settlements in north America?

diseases, back breaking work


When native americans first encountered europeans what led to the european disease being so deadly?

because the native Americans did not have any contact with outside continent germs, and viruses. When the Europeans came into america, they brought with them all foreign germs and diseases.


What was going on between 1550-1600?

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Why were European diseases devastating to the people in America?

If by people in America you mean "Native Americans", they had not developed the immunities to European diseases, over the centuries that Europeans had developed. Diseases such as measles, diphtheria, even chicken pox, not to mention smallpox were devastating to the American Indian. It is probable that more Native Americans died of European diseases than died in the many battles with the white man.


What event had the most immediate impact on the Native Americans who lived on the great plains?

The spread of European diseases had the greatest impact on Native Americans. Large numbers were wiped out by these foreign diseases they were unprepared to deal with.


Would there be more native Americans if the British still ruled in North America?

Christopher Columbus killed many many Native Americans. Europeans also killed many by bringing diseases to america. They (the British and europeans) were sick people, and very greedy, which is why there are very little Native Americans left.


What were effects of the voyages of Columbus?

The effects were the Native Americans being made slaves, diseases passing from the old world to the new world, and an invasion of Europeans of North America. The Native Americans were discriminated against, displaced off ancestral lands, killed by diseases, and had environmental terrorism practiced against them with plants and animals that were native to the environment of North America. Columbus changed the world and opened the door to invasion.


What did England bring to north America?

From the view of the native Americans, the colonists and their diseases were two bad things.