FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
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the Indians provided food and labor to the Spanish.
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the Indians were forced to learn the Spanish way of life.
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the Indians died from European diseases.
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The Indians were allowed to govern themselves.
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Detailed explanation-1: -But between 1622 and the late 19th century, a series of wars and skirmishes known as the Indian Wars took place between American-Indians and European settlers, mainly over land control.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Wars were a protracted series of conflicts between Native American Indians and white settlers over land and natural resources in the West.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the Europeans arrived, carrying germs which thrived in dense, semi-urban populations, the indigenous people of the Americas were effectively doomed. They had never experienced smallpox, measles or flu before, and the viruses tore through the continent, killing an estimated 90% of Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Native Americans resented and resisted the colonists’ attempts to change them. Their refusal to conform to European culture angered the colonists and hostilities soon broke out between the two groups.