FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Question
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They didn’t know they had the cure
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The air was polluted
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The food was contaminated.
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They didn’t have immunities to the diseases
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -It was the germs such as those of smallpox that they carried on their person. Because of their long isolation, Americas original inhabitants had no immunity against these diseases that came from Europe. Smallpox in particular proved a deadly killer.
Detailed explanation-3: -With the arrival of Europeans in the Western Hemisphere, Native American populations were exposed to new infectious diseases, diseases for which they lacked immunity. These communicable diseases, including smallpox and measles, devastated entire native populations.
Detailed explanation-4: -Smallpox was the disease brought by Europeans that was most destructive to the Native Americans, both in terms of morbidity and mortality. The first well-documented smallpox epidemic in the Americas began in Hispaniola in late 1518 and soon spread to Mexico.