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What was the believed native population of the Americans in 1492?
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∙ 11y ago
"Estimates of the number of Native Americans in 1492 vary widely -- from eight million to more than one hundred million."
-- American Passages: A History of the United States, Brief Second Edition Answer 2:
There have been two estimates done, 1) by the US Government that estimates 25 Million Native Americans (this study was discounted as highly inaccurate) and 2) By independent researchers that show between 75 and 114 million Native American's.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoAny attempt to come up with that figure will only ever be a wild guess.
The author Jake Page has quoted Henry Dobyns at the University of Oklahoma, who "calculated" that the figure in 1492 was around 112,000,000, with the vast majority in Central America and Mexico. Others have proposed just 18,000,000, or just under 2,000,000. This huge range of proposed figures simply underlines the fact that nobody really knows.
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Who helped the Native Americans in the 1400's?
No one helped the Native Americans in the 1400's. They were loners. ******** The Native Americans were the only people inhabiting the Americas until Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492, but it is highly debated whether he actually helped them or not. It is widely believed that he attacked and killed many natives, and raped the women. When he returned to Spain, it is widely believed that his title was removed.
Killed millons of native Americans after 1492?
Diseases that were brought to the Americas from Europe. Americans had no immunities from those diseases. What would make a European mildly sick would kill people that had no resistance at all.
How was America discovered?
While the "Native Americans," the Norse, the Chinese and perhaps others discovered America earlier, the discovery by Columbus in 1492 is considered the "official" date of discovery becasue that is the discovery from which the modern world descends.
What was the native american population when Columbus discovered America?
According to William M. Denevan in his book "The Native Population of the Americas in 1492" some research scholars have placed the population as high as 112 million to as low as 8 million. In any case he claims that by by 1650 there were less than 6 million in the area stretching from modern Panama on up to the Arctic Circle.AnswerThe number of native americans was estimated at 14 million in 1492. There is no official census.
By the time of European contact in 1492 approximately how many people inhabited the American continents?
Although no one can know for sure, it is believed there were upwards of twenty five million natives on the continents.
What was the native population of north America before 1492?
In the millions of Native Americans societies.
Who helped the Native Americans in the 1400's?
No one helped the Native Americans in the 1400's. They were loners. ******** The Native Americans were the only people inhabiting the Americas until Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492, but it is highly debated whether he actually helped them or not. It is widely believed that he attacked and killed many natives, and raped the women. When he returned to Spain, it is widely believed that his title was removed.
Who or what killed native Americans in 1492?
They were killed by disease such as smallpox, influenza, and malaria.
When did Europeans make contact with native Americans?
In 1492 when Columbus sailed to the Americas on the Hispaniola.
Who were the millions who lived in north America in 1492?
They were the Native Americans tribes spread across the continent.
Who were the Millions lived in north America in 1492?
They were the Native Americans tribes spread across the continent.
Killed millons of native Americans after 1492?
Diseases that were brought to the Americas from Europe. Americans had no immunities from those diseases. What would make a European mildly sick would kill people that had no resistance at all.
What states did did native Americans come from?
Every state in the Union including Alaska and Hawaii, the entire North and South American continents had indigenous population before 1492 -- 100% American Indian.
What did the European discover in 1492?
They found lots of land and met the Native Americans
Why is 1492 a famous date in geography?
Because it was the day the Native Americans discovered Christopher Columbus lost at sea.
How Was America affected by trade And commerce before Columbus?
It wasn't affected before 1492. The millions of Native Americans lived in North America and conducted their lives according to their traditions.
When Columbus arrived in 1492 the population of Mesoamerica exceeded 25 million Within a century after his arrival the Native population declined by?
yes
