Dbq How Did The Europeans Affect The Natives

The Spaniards passed diseases, that the Natives had not yet been exposed to. As a result, many started dying because their immune system could not protect them. This relationship was one of the first major changes to an indigenous population, and paved the way to the conquering of most of the New World.

The diseases that were brought over to the “New World”, includes Syphilis, Polio, Hepatitis, Encephalitis, and many other types of illnesses brought by the European. This had a great effect on the Indian population, the Indians started to contract the disease that the European had brought over and it was easily spreadable because of the air that they breath and also by touching one another could also spread the disease easily. Smallpox was an issue to Indians; it killed thousands of Indian population and was also considered to be the most deadly disease known. Sometimes small pox is misdiagnosed for some other type of

Before the arrival of the Europeans, the Native Americans were mostly free of serious diseases. In the 1500s, the Europeans’ arrival changed the lives of the Native Americans forever. With them, they brought disease as well as ways of life that the Native Americans had never experienced.

On top of killing them for not converting to Christianity or Catholicism, stealing their resources, and taking advantage of their kindness they were also carrying diseases that would harm them majorly. Some of the other diseases carried by the Europeans to the New World were bubonic plague, scarlet fever, diphtheria, cholera, pneumonic plague, yellow fever, mumps, typhoid, typhus and pertussis. The three diseases that killed the most Native Americans were measles, whooping cough, smallpox and influenza. The Native Americans would arrange religious ceremonies and they would heal the infected people. When they found out the religious healing ceremony didn't work the Native Americans started to lose faith in their religion. This made some of the Native Americans convert to the religion of the Europeans. The Native Americans would take sweat baths thinking they would cure them but all it did was increase the mortality rate of the diseases. They saw that the diseases did not affect the Europeans and they thought that the European's religion was powerful enough to heal them because of the immunity. Some Native Americans also commited suicide since they felt like an outcast due to the skin disfigurement caused by

Europeans came to the New World to discover God, gold and glory and along with that they brought many positive and negative effects to the Native Americans. Some of the effect that were brought were diseases such as, small pox and influenza that wiped out millions of Native Americans. There are many reasons why the European's diseases killed the Native Americans and not the other way around. Some examples are the Native Americans were not immune to the disease,Native Americans were susceptible to European diseases and they are all relatives from a small groups.

The Europeans brought about diseases that initially never transpired in the Native Americans communities. Indian [Native Americans] population of 10 million that lived north of Mexico when Columbus came would ultimately be reduced to less than a million. Huge numbers of Indians would the from diseases introduced by the whites. (Zinn 14). An example of such was smallpox associated with a Spanish called Herman Cortes and his army when they came to America in 1521. Europeans were also responsible for bringing about other diseases such as influenza and measles to healthy Native Americans.

When the European travellers came to the New World the natives were healthy and living well, but that soon changed. Prior to the Europeans coming to the Americas, the natives were heavily isolated, so they had very little contact with the outside world. Due to this fact, disease was rarely an epidemic, it was more endemic, or native and less lethal disease. So, when the europeans arrived the natives mortality rate from disease increased. This is due to the natives immune system not being adapted to the pathogens that the europeans brought over. Some disease that the europeans brought are Smallpox and Syphilis. After the diseases arrived in

Before the European colonization of America, each continent had their own separate diseases and illnesses. When the two lands made contact, the Native Americans were not accustomed to smallpox and were devastated by this new disease since they knew of no remedies or cure. De Sahagun writes that “...many [Native Americans] were disabled or paralyzed by it, but they were not disabled forever,” and that “The Mexica warriors were greatly weakened by it. ” This caused the militias of the Native Americans to be fragile and allowed for the Spaniards to push forward in their invasion of the new land. The African people had their own diseases as well, however, the impact was not as forceful as the effect of smallpox. This small environmental factor was key in deciding the fate of further European

Many Native Americans died from this because their immune systems were not used to fighting off these new diseases. The Old World transmitted diseases such as smallpox, measles, typhus and influenza. These were easily transferred through touch and the air so they spread rapidly. Smallpox was especially destructive because it was often misdiagnosed and fatal. Many of the people from the Old World had built up a tolerance to it but the Native Americans hadn’t. The New World people gave diseases like syphilis, polo and hepatitis to the Old World settlers. Syphilis spread across the European continent and to Africa as an epidemic. The diseases were destructive to both sides but the Native Americans were far worse affected. Early on the Native American population decreased and made it easier for conquistadors to overtake them. The diseases also caused tension between the Native Americans and the settlers which would later be a factor in African American

Despite all of this the Native American people still got sick due to the lack of respiratory hygiene. The Europeans brought a number of germs and diseases with them, that surely turned into great outbreaks. Many Indians contracted these diseases and died, ironically enough the Indian individuals who acquired the disease have not yet met a European. The ailment was passed on inland by distant neighbors. Native Americans took very good care of each

A consequence of the first contact was that many Europeans had brought disease into the world. “Before 1492 Native Americans had never been exposed to smallpox, measles, malaria, or yellow fever”. Europeans lived in close proximity to animals that acted as disease victims and suffered outbreaks more than once. Native Americans didn’t have immunity with the diseases because they never had experienced what europeans were diagnosed as childhood diseases. Native Americans that got smallpox, measles, influenza, chicken pox, and typhoid had high fevers and ended up dying quickly. “In some cases, people who were sick may have otherwise survived if provided with basic care.” The First Nations weren’t prepared with quality health care during this time

    Many Native American’s died due to diseases, but the ones that survived obtained many great things from the Columbian Exchange. The number of Native Americans that perished after New World explorers arrived is disputed according to Howard Zinn. Though it is disputed, it is know that a great many died, but an misconception of that statement is Spanish cruelty caused most of the deaths of the New World Natives. According to Dinesh D’Souza “the vast majority of Indian casualties occurred not as a result of hard labor or deliberate destruction”, but  it was actually from “contagious diseases that the Europeans transmitted to the indians” such as measles and smallpox. Geoffrey Cowley explains since the Indians had no immunity against these diseases, the diseases spread so fast “that any indian who received news of the Spaniards could have easily received the infection”. Without the diseases that ravaged the new world explorers

Fueled by a continuous desire for colonial expansion and the acquisition of wealth, Europeans, particularly the Spanish, decimated the native populations of this so called New World. They managed to accomplish this disgusting feat through brutal and disgusting slavery, and inquisitions which involved the mass murder and total destruction of native civilizations. In addition, the Europeans carried many diseases such as smallpox that the natives had never encountered before. At a total disadvantage to their lack of guns, viral and bacterial resistance, and understanding of the situation, the natives were quickly and nearly completely wiped out by the ruthless

Thousands years prior to crossing paths with the Europeans, the Native Americans had invented creative cultures. They found ways to use plants for multiple purposes including medications, food and dyes. They established a way to domesticate animals to suit their needs. They built cities, produced monuments and even developed a working political order. Native Americans were able to not only adapt to the changing environmental conditions, but they did it in a way that worked in their favor every time. They only began struggling to preserve their cultures when the Europeans became a factor in it. The Europeans brought along deadly illnesses such as Measles, mumps, whooping cough. The Native Americans became very susceptible to these illnesses

Another reason that the Spanish conquest of the Americas had a negative impact for the Aztec people was that they were exposed to deadly European diseases. After Cortes landed in Mexico, another Spanish army was also there, in the army was an African man being held captive with smallpox. One of Cortes men caught the disease and transferred it to an Aztec. ‘’On the night when the Aztecs drove Cortes and his men out of Mexico city, killing many of them, an epidemic of smallpox was raging in the city.” William McNeil wrote this quote who witnessed the wave of smallpox in Tenochtitlan. Disease was a major impact for the Aztecs because it played a huge part in the fall of their Empire. Many individuals in the army fighting for Tenochtitlan died