USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Native Americans resisted change brought by contact with Europeans in the same period by waging war with the Europeans in order to preserve their culture. Some Native Americans also resisted change by refusing to convert to Christianity and instead kept their traditional religion.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Europeans carried a hidden enemy to the Indians: new diseases. Native peoples of America had no immunity to the diseases that European explorers and colonists brought with them. Diseases such as smallpox, influenza, measles, and even chicken pox proved deadly to American Indians.

Detailed explanation-4: -All Indians lived in organized societies with political structures, moral codes, and religious beliefs. All had adapted to the particular environments in which they lived. The idea of private land ownership was foreign; land was held communally and worked collectively.