Diplomacy
-Which of the following accounts for the decline of the Native American population before the English arrival on the East Coast in 1607?
A)Primitive farming techniques
B)Conflicts among native American tribes
C)War with the Spanish
D)The spread of disease
E)Migration to the American interior

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The fact that European diseases arrived well before the majority of English settlers meant that the Native American population, particularly on the East Coast, was severely reduced when the English arrived. The Spanish explorers had been up and down the coast and spread small pox, a devastating virus, throughout North America. The presence of adventure English fisherman also furthered the spread of the disease. This substantially weakened the Native Americans prior to large-scale European colonization.

Diplomacy -Which of the Following Accounts for the Decline of the the Native