Question

how did the global transfer of disease in the pre-modern world held in the colonisation of the america

Answer 1

@apoorvk

Answer 2

Prefer this
http://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110709231048AArwX0N

Answer 3

The indigenous population of the Americas had no immunity ti the deceases of the rest of the world so they died from even things we consider harmless like measles. By the time the Pilgrims landed their population had been reduced by as much as 90% from epidemics.

Answer 4

here is the final answer :

1. The Portuguese and Spanish conquest and colonization of America was decisively under
way by the mid-sixteenth century.
2. European conquest was not just a result of superior firepower.
3. In fact, the most powerful weapon of the Spanish conquerors was not a conventional
military weapon at all.
4. It was the germs such as those of smallpox that they carried on their person.
5. Because of their long isolation, America’s original
inhabitants had no immunity against these diseases that came from Europe.
6. Smallpox in particular proved a deadly killer.
7. Once introduced, it spread deep into the continent, ahead
even of any Europeans reaching there.
8. It killed and decimated whole communities, paving the way for conquest.

Answer 5

@Parvathysubhash
http://www.freewebs.com/djlanedb/MakingOfTheGlobal.pdf

Answer 6

hahaaaa I remember this part of history..

Hmm. America was new. No contact with the east. The Europeans arrived and brought with them their deadly diseases. Now the Americans weren't immune to these. Nor was the wildstock, their cattle or other animals.

So, whoosh they arrive at the East coast, and the disease-microbes spread like wild-fire! Kills quite some natives or atleast destroys their livelihood by killing their cattle etc.

For the colonisers? Game easy now!

Answer 7

Basically, the colonisers faced little or no resistance from the natives, they were already weakened, so they readily agreed to 'serve' their new masters.