Native American Civilizations

Many achievements of European civilizations in the new world after the year 1492, denotes to a moral question. From speculations and in depth research, an estimated 80% to 90% of the indigenous people’s population died after the arrival of the Europeans. Although this statement can be viewed as historical information, it also raises the question of several moral issues. Numerous consequences I will discuss are disease, food supply, and forced relocation, which very definitely have moral implications. Europeans brought deathly epidemics over to the new world without even knowing it. Europeans who were exploring and settling in North America brought an abundance of diseases like smallpox, measles, and influenza. Majority of the Europeans were immune to these diseases due to the fact that they raised live stock for quite some time. Therefore, the Native Americans had no immunity to these diseases, because they did not tend to livestock, they were strictly hunter gatherers. But, Native Americans were generally healthier than the European for several reasons. First, they had better diets, and secondly, they migrated to North America during the cold harsh winter, which may have acted as a …show more content…
Europeans viewed the land that wasn’t cultivated as a waste. The Europeans livestock then damaged the land and disrupted the ecosystem. The Native Americans then sold the new settlers pieces of their land, but they still expected to hunt and fish on the land, which later lead to many conflicts amongst the two diverse groups of people. Through the arrival of the Europeans, Native Americans also suffered by a shortage of food supply, because the diseases did not only affect the people, but also the animals and crops. So, why would the Europeans continue to force themselves upon the Native Americans and their sacred land, if they saw that they were disrupting