In the New World, why did diseases such a smallpox have such a devastating effect on Native Americans but only a minor effect on Europeans.

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Sebastian Schmidt · Answer 1 · 2021-07-20T05:16:16+0000

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The Europeans had built up immunity towards these diseases but they were entirely new to the Native American population so they had no immunity towards them

In the New World, why did diseases such a smallpox have such a devastating effect on Native Americans but only a minor effect on Europeans.

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