FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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There are more Native American tribes today than in the 16th century.
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There are fewer Native American tribes today than in the 16th century.
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There are the same number of Native American tribes today as in the 16th century.
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It is unclear how the number of Native American tribes has changed.
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Detailed explanation-1: -European settlers brought these new diseases with them when they settled, and the illnesses decimated the Native Americans-by some estimates killing as much as 90 percent of their population.
Detailed explanation-2: -While epidemic disease was by far the leading cause of the population decline of the American indigenous peoples after 1492, there were other contributing factors, all of them related to European contact and colonization. One of these factors was warfare.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the native peoples lose their land? Answer: After the expansion of the USA settlement, the natives were forced to move after signing treaties and selling their land. The natives were paid very low price for the land they sold.