Native Americans

(Period: Early America)

Synopsis:

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Historical synopsis courtesy of A Hypertext on American History from the colonial period until Modern Times by Department of Humanities Computing, University of Groningen, The Netherlands and the former United States Information Agency (1953-1999).

Key Events:

• Smallpox - a highly contagious virus that caused many Native American deaths

Vocabulary:

• There were millions of people living in America when Europeans first arrived.