FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Question
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deadly diseases, such as smallpox
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stowaway slaves that helped the Spaniards in battle
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horses
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small insects that ate the Aztecs’ main crops
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Detailed explanation-1: -He got it in the form of a smallpox epidemic that gradually spread inward from the coast of Mexico and decimated the densely populated city of Tenochtitlan in 1520, reducing its population by 40 percent in a single year.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Spanish brought horses, guns, and other weaponry with them which frightened the Aztecs. The Spanish also brought the disease smallpox. Since the Aztec people had never been exposed to the disease, thousands died as it spread throughout Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish conquistadores commanded by Hernán Cortés allied with local tribes to conquer the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlán. Cortés’s army besieged Tenochtitlán for 93 days, and a combination of superior weaponry and a devastating smallpox outbreak enabled the Spanish to conquer the city.
Detailed explanation-4: -When the Spanish arrived, they brought with them smallpox. The Aztec had no immunity to European diseases. Smallpox spread among the indigenous people and crippled their ability to resist the Spanish.
Detailed explanation-5: -Lacking immunity to Old World pathogens carried by the Spanish, Hispaniola’s indigenous inhabitants fell victim to terrible plagues of smallpox, influenza, and other viruses. Hernando Cortes’s map of Tenochtitlán and the Gulf of Mexico. Aztec people of Mexico dying of smallpox introduced by the Spaniards.