FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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It gave Europeans power over the indigenous people because they could overpower them
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It made the Native Americans dependent on the Europeans for trade, especially with weapons and metal
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It helped them become friends because the Europeans showed the Natives how to make metal
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The Native Americans learned how to make metal by spying on the Europeans. This led to the Natives making even better weapons, giving them an advantage over the Europeans
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Detailed explanation-1: -European colonization of North America had a devastating effect on the native population. Within a short period of time their way of life was changed forever. The changes were caused by a number of factors, including loss of land, disease, enforced laws which violated their culture and much more.
Detailed explanation-2: -How did European muskets change life for native peoples in the Americas? European guns started an arms race among Indian groups. Tribes with ties to Europeans had a distinct advantage in wars with other tribes because muskets were so much more effective than bows and arrows.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Europeans brought technologies, ideas, plants, and animals that were new to America and would transform peoples’ lives: guns, iron tools, and weapons; Christianity and Roman law; sugarcane and wheat; horses and cattle. They also carried diseases against which the Indian peoples had no defenses.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although we may never know the exact magnitudes of the depopulation, it is estimated that upwards of 80–95 percent of the Native American population was decimated within the first 100–150 years following 1492 (Newson, 2001).