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Over the course of the next years: Spain ruled a vast empire based on the labor and exploitation of the native population. Conquistadors descended on America with hopes of bringing Catholicism to new lands while extracting great riches. Religion and self-interest combined to create a potent mixture that drew hundreds of thousands of Spaniards across the ocean with hopes of finding riches and winning souls for God. But along with the Spaniards came diseases to which the New World natives had no immunities. What followed was one of the greatest tragedies in human history as smallpox, influenza, and other communicable diseases ravaged the native populations, killing millions. Yes, a lot.

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How did European muskets change life for native peoples in the Americas?

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Show Hint Hint: European guns started an arms race among Indian groups. Tribes with ties to Europeans had a distinct advantage in wars with other tribes because muskets were so much more effective than bows and arrows.

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Guns changed the balance of power among different groups and tribes and made combat more deadly. Compare and contrast European and Indian views on property. They used land as they needed, often moving from area to area to follow food sources at different times of year.

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Europeans saw land as something individuals could own, and they used fences and other markers to define their property.]

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