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Why did so many native Americans die after coming into contact with Europeans?
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∙ 7y ago
They had never been exposed to the diseases that Europeans had built up resistances to. The one that caused the most deaths was smallpox. Also there was malaria, yellow fever, gonorrhea, chlamydia, common cold, measles, influenza, chickenpox.
The New World the lost 90 percent of the native population due to diseases that they never had seen before. There had been about 80 million and only around 720,000 were left. The land appeared to be empty.
Zena Waelchi
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∙ 7y agoThey had never been exposed to the diseases that Europeans had built up resistances to. The one that caused the most deaths was smallpox. Also there was malaria, yellow fever, gonorrhea, chlamydia, common cold, measles, influenza, chickenpox.
The New World the lost 90 percent of the native population due to diseases that they never had seen before. There had been about 80 million and only around 720,000 were left. The land appeared to be empty.
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∙ 7y agoThey very readily contracted European diseases (e.g. TB, smallpox, measles, rubella, mumps) from which they had no immunity.
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How did the Europeans gain control over the Native Americans?
The Europeans gained control over the Native Americans by taking their land and their important riches.
What were the effects of the european immigration on the native americans?
The Europeans started to use the Native Americans as slaves.
How did the Europeans and the Native Americans each hurt?
How did the eropeans hurt the native american
Which group of Europeans had the best relations with native Americans?
The French attempted to maintain relations with Native Americans.
Who carried out the use of native Americans as slaves the most?
Europeans carried out the use of native Americans as slaves the most
What was the impact on Native Americans and Europeans from contact with each other?
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Why did native Americans die after contact with europeans?
Because of disease .
Who were the first native Americans to make contact with the europeans?
Probably the Vikings.
Who were the first Europeans to engage in contact with native Americans?
the oompa loompas and the blobs
How did the arrival of europeans affect the native americans in mexico?
The arrival of the Europeans did not affect the native americans in Mexico.
What did the Europeans in the native Americans have in common?
What do Native Americans and Europeans have in common
The single greatest factor that caused the destruction of Native Americans after contact with Europeans was?
Disease
When did Europeans make contact with native Americans?
In 1492 when Columbus sailed to the Americas on the Hispaniola.
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.
How did the coming of the Europeans to North America bring an end to the prehistoric era?
The Europeans began to record information about the Native Americans in their journals.
What happened when Europeans came into contact with Native Americans during the Age of exploration?
died from diseases
In the late 1500s contact between Europeans and Native Americans was most influenced by the increase in demand for?
rlly
