0
They brought many diseases such as smallpox, measles and influenza. With so many leaders and older wise people dying, the Indian nations must have lost all their sense of direction. With so many priests disappearing among these very religious cultures, people must have anguished about how to properly continue honoring the spirits of their ancestors, and how to restore their own relationships with their gods. Yes, to be causing such misery -- to even take away the powers of all the old medicines -- the gods must be very angry. What had the Indians done to deserve such punishment?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoThey got smallpox, typhus, measles, influenza, Bubonic Plague, cholera, malaria, tuberculosis, mumps, yellow fever, and pertussis and most every other serious infection disease Europe was plagued with for the past few centuries. It should also be noted that because of significant changes in their diet that Native Americans are three times more likely than other people in North American for diseases such as Diabetes, heart problems, cancer, and other nutritional problems. The mortality rate is also higher among tribal peoples from substandard medical care (current).
Wiki User
∙ 13y agosmall pox, influenza, and bubonic plauge.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Is beothuk indians a part of the subarctic?
No not at the time of the arrival of the Europeans.
Disputes between Europeans and Indians frequently arose from misunderstandings about?
religion
What are Cherokee Indians mixed with after the Europeans took over their land?
They became mestizos.
What factors prevented europeans prior to 1860 from exploring the Africa interior?
Resistance by Africa,difficult geography and diseases kept Europeans from moving into the interior of Africa.
What languages were spoken by Inuit Indians?
The Inuit are not Indians and the Inuit have many different languages. It's like asking someone what did Europeans speak?
what is the reciprocal?
When the Europeans came to the Americas they had an impact on the Indians. They brought diseases that killed over 3/4 of the indians.
What was life like to live on a mission?
the europeans brought diseases to the Indians so the had a horrible life because they died from diseases
What is the reciprocal impact?
The reciprocal impact refers to the idea that individuals and groups can influence each other in a mutually reinforcing way. It suggests that interactions between people can have a reciprocal effect, where each party's actions and choices can shape and be shaped by the other. This concept highlights the interconnectedness and interdependency of relationships.
What did the europeans give to the Indians?
small pox, influenza, and bubonic plauge.
Why didn't North America give diseases back to the Europeans?
When the Europeans passed diseases on to American Indians, they and their ancestors had built up an immunity to the diseases. Some also did not know they carried the disease or it did not affect them because of their race. The Indians who then received the diseases suffered the way Europeans had when introduced to the diseases, but that's not really necessary to know most of the time because it was simply an ongoing thing that had started many many years ago. The Europeans had no idea that they even could pass it on to the Indians, and because they were immune, it was like no tag-backs in tag.The Europeans originally got the diseases from animals. They lived so close to pigs, cows and other animals that contracted diseases. They ate them, drank their milk and had them living in the same house, with just a wall separating it. These diseases that the Europeans received came from those animals. However, the North/Central/South Americans did not live nearly as close to animals. They did not have cows, sheep, goats, horses or pigs in America. There were very few illness that came to the Americans, therefore when introduced to diseases for the first time, the result was devastating. They were very clean people that lived in small groups.
What happened after fifty years of contact with europeans in the new world?
90 percent of the Indians had died primarily from the harshness of colonial policies and diseases inadvertently transmitted by Europeans.
How many Natives died from the Europeans who brought many diseases with them from their voyage?
Around 70 Million Indians died form disease.
How did Spain discovering the Aztecs hurt the Aztecs?
they brought more diseases enslaved them and killed them. much like the Europeans did to the Indians (native Americans)
Who do you date Americans or Indians or Europeans?
Europeans only!
One reason for the Europeans' success in conquering the New World was that Native Americans?
Had no natural protection from diseases brought by Europeans.
Are western Europeans Indians?
No.
What diseases did europeans give to natives?
wooping cough influenza diphtheria small pox measles colds typhoid tuberculosis Scurvy
