The Impact Of Native Americans On The Europeans

One of the impacts of the Europeans on the Native peoples was the diseases the outsiders brought with them. The Natives never had previous exposure to these deadly diseases and because of this, they had not built up natural immunity against these diseases. The number of those who died was catastrophic! Smallpox was one of the first illnesses the Natives contracted; it wiped away so many of them. In some places it was reported that about 90 percent of the them died from other sweeping infections.

There were other consequences the Natives endured due to the arrival of the Europeans: the theft of their lands, eventual enslavement. What bitter betrayal! The Natives opened their hearts and homes to the Europeans and in return were “rewarded” with