What effect did European diseases have on Native Americans?
1 Answer
Dec 14, 2016
European diseases decimated the populations of Native Americans.
Explanation:
The great Aztec empire was brought to its knees by small pox a European disease. The Spanish under Cortes would not have successfully conquered the Aztecs without the small pox outbreak.
The plains tribes were greatly weakened by diseases brought by the Europeans. There are documented accounts of blankets containing small pox virus being distributed to the plains tribes to cause disease.
Read the book Guns, Germs and Steel. This book documents how the European diseases affected the American Natives
