As soon as the explorers arrived, a massive spread of infection occurred that resulted in the death of an astonishing number of Native Americans. Very few of these people had a natural resistance to measles and small pox. This great loss in population allowed Europeans to easily conquer them since they would be prioritizing the goal of surviving, and not organizing an army to deter the invaders (Doc 2 and 8). A large drop in numbers occurred from the years 1495 to 1505. During that time, the population decreased to 5% of what it originally was.…
Smallpox, Plague, Malaria, and Yellow Fever are all terminal, deadly diseases. The Columbian exchange transferred all of these diseases to the Americas, which affected the Native Americans who lived in the Americas as they are being exposed to new diseases their body is not used to. In the Columbian exchange Europe, Asia, and Africa spread these diseases to the Americas, or more importantly to the Native Americans/Indigenous groups who lived there, while transferring other goods such as cattle, horses, pigs, wheat, rye, sugar, rice, and tea. We can get this information in Document 1, since the map and its arrows show us the “Old World” of Europe, Asia, and Africa and what goods and diseases are being transferred to the “New World” of South…
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In this paper, I wanted to review “Smallpox in Washington's Army: Strategic Implications of the Disease during the American Revolutionary War” by Ann M. Becker. Smallpox was an infection. Many people were dead if they contact with people who had smallpox. Fortunately, we had the treatment to heal the smallpox today by receiving inoculation and it was not a threat anymore. From this article, I understood that smallpox was a problem for American’s soldiers to face during the Revolutionary War.…
Many beneficial goods were brought back and forth, but disease truly changed the future of the New World. Over the centuries, Europeans had developed immunities to a variety of sicknesses. When they arrived in the New World, Native Americans were exposed to a deadly concoction of diseases, to which they had no immunities to fight. Millions of Native Americans…
Cook shows in this book how diseases such as smallpox, measles, and influenza were actually much more devastating to the New World than the cruelty of the Spanish. Klein Herbert S., The Atlantic Slave Trade. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.…
The Columbian exchange was the extensive exchange of plants, animals, ideas, diseases, and technology between the Old World of western Europe and the New World of the Americas. Through this exchange of cultures and resources, both societies became introduced to new substances and concepts that would shape each population for years to come. However, not everything that was introduced proved to be beneficial, and this includes the horrific diseases which were introduced to the Native Americans through the Europeans. The Native Americans of the New World lacked the necessary antibodies to fight off the foreign diseases of the European explorers, and as a result, numerous Native American communities were decimated. The most potent of these diseases…
According to Geoffrey Cowley many native people were infected by a number of diseases they had no immunity towards, some of these diseases include “mumps, measles, whooping cough, smallpox, cholera, gonorrhea and yellow fever” (Document 6). The native people infected were infected in large numbers and many of these diseases seemed to be fatal; the population of native people suffered significantly from diseases. The majority of the population was wiped out due to this spreading of…
The main focus here are the Cherokee and their journey through The Trail of Tears. The Cherokee Natives were divided and separated from their families and forced to march. Many Native Americans died of whooping cough which is a highly contagious respiratory tract infection which causes a fever, runny nose, and sometimes vomiting (Mayo Clinic) , typhus which is a bacteria transferred from vectors such as fleas, ticks, lice and mites (Google), dysentery which is an infection of the intestines which causes severe diarrhea (Google) , cholera which is a bacterial disease causing severe diarrhea and dehydration that’s spread in water which is often fatal (WebMD), and starvation which means going hungry and without food which can also be fatal. By the Native Americans falling sick or dying during the journey west, disease keeps spreading as they watch their loved ones die of diseases and conditions not very many of the Native American population will make it west but the ones who do are strong but weak. By 1840 tens of thousands of Native Americans were driven off of the land in which they…
However, that equilibrium was shattered with the emergence of European colonists in North America who brought over a plague of diseases from Europe, such as smallpox, typhus, measles, and among other disease. Unfortunately,…
In my opinion, the the Indian Vaccination Act of 1832 fits against Episode 2, Tecumseh's Vision and Episode 3, Trail of Tears Indian in that they represented the further explain for the U.S. government’s ambition to remove the Indians out of their own land. The Indian Vaccination Act of 1832 was the first federal legislation to deal with the epidemic of the American Indian. It seems that this program is totally out of the concern towards the health problems of the American Indians. This is not true.…
The Mandan Indians faced many challenges in their lives, from the environment and climate to pests and other human beings. Many of the introductions into their world had both positive and negative effects. How were they able to survive and what drove them on a daily basis? The Mandans were like other tribes of their time in that they searched for a place to live that provided the resources necessary to maintain their life.…
Several diseases impacted the New World, specifically the Native American populations as they were the primary inhabitants of the New World. Some of the diseases included influenza, smallpox, typhus, and measles just to name a few. These diseases were introduced to the New World through Europeans as they began their exploration of the New World. The continuous movement of humans and animals infected the current occupants that is the Native Americans. The Native Americans suffered greatly as they were exposed to the many new diseases foreign to them upon the European contact.…
The Columbian Exchange had both positive and negative impacts on the New World, however there were more positive impacts than negative. Due to the Columbian Exchange, new crops, animals, foods, and flowers were brought over to the New World. These were all beneficial for people living in the New World. In addition to these positive impacts, there was one big negative impact that greatly affected the Native Americans. However, the positive impacts beat the negative impact.…
Colonization has had a great impact on the lives of Indigenous people. Since the first European settlers came to Canada, the way of life, traditions, and culture of Indigenous people have been threatened. Additionally, their mental and physical health have been impacted by methods of assimilation and government policies . Numerous diseases were introduced to Native communities thanks to the contact with Europeans . However, the social conditions of Indigenous people also contributed to the creation of health problems .…