... and plants that kept non-European people from resisting against Western colonialism than it was the European military power. Therefore, the defeat of the American Indian nations was as much a biological conquest for Europe as it was a military and cultural conquest. Although European weapons, cavalry charges, ... to be mentioned in the imperialist conquest is the devastating effects of foreign diseases on the bodies and religions of the people who tried to resist invasion. Millions of native Australians, New Zealanders, and Americans died of smallpox, measles, and other diseases during ...

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... would think of all the people of different races, cultures & religions, but the one thing that also makes America diverse is the food. People from countries all over the have come to America to share their favorite recipes and give our mouths something to water about. Before the colonization of America, Native American groups had, what would be today, a very healthy diet. Their ... over a more fatter and higher density type of food. They introduced the meat and potatoes diet. Their diets were not as healthy as the Natives or the Spanish and the American colonists were more vulnerable to...

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