Disease that the Spanish brought with them. It is shown in History (Spanish documents) that when they realized the "natives" couldn't handle illnesses that the Spanish were immune too, they purposely traded blankets they new would make the natives ill. Also through rape the Spanish gave the "natives" sexually transmitted disease that killed them by the thousands.
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AIDS. The original explorers would bring prostitutes on their ships, sleep with them, and then trade their used blankets with the natives.
Most Native Americans died from diseases such as smallpox after Europeans came to the Americas.
Many native Americans succumbed to the diseases brought over by the Europeans, as they had no immunity.
The Europeans started to use the Native Americans as slaves.
Christopher Columbus killed many many Native Americans. Europeans also killed many by bringing diseases to america. They (the British and europeans) were sick people, and very greedy, which is why there are very little Native Americans left.
The people who came from Europe to the New World. They killed the Native Americans with their foreign diseases and their random slayings. They also forced the Native Americans off of their land and that starved them.
The Native Americans were subjected to many foreign diseases and were also forced out of their native land. Their population also decreased due to European enslavement. British settlers purchased and captured Native Americans to use as forced labour in making tobacco, rice and indigo.
Many of the Native Americans died of disease from being around the Europeans. Colonists also traded with Africa and African Americans became more efficient.