The Great Dying
I felt really bad for the Americans that were here when the Europeans came because a lot of them were affected after the take over. Up to 90 percent of the Native American people died due to the diseases such as malaria, small pox, measles, and yellow fever. With that said, when that many Native people are gone a lot of diversity is lost and can not be passed down to other generations. It amazed me to see that the governor of Massachusetts said "good hand of God, sweeping away great multitudes of the native...that he might make room for us."This statement, to me, is really crazy in a way that people actually thought that. But why does anyone have to be killed in order for people to make room? I guess the method of sharing is caring wasn't invented at that time. :/
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