As other
answers have said, life changed dramatically and became much for the worse for Native Americans
after the arrival of the Europeans. First, the Native American population was rapidly reduced by
the introduction of European diseases for which the people had no immunity, such as smallpox,
cholera, bubonic plague, and whooping cough. Some estimates run as high as a ninety percent
mortality rate among some tribesa devastating figure.
These very high death
rates had a disruptive effect on Native American societies, and this was followed by having to
contend with increasing numbers of foreigners who possessed a superior weapons technology and
yet little to no understanding of native cultures. Native Americans had to adapt to survive, and
they did so in a number of ways, which included merging tribes, attacking settlers, allying with
one group of settlers against another, entering into treaties with Europeans, and adopting
Western technologies when feasible. Other survival attempts,...
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