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The native population of the Spanish colonies (i.e., Native Americans in the area) died off due to wars between Spanish settlers and natives, poor working conditions in enslavement, and the tons of diseases brought over by the Spanish that Native Americans' bodies did not know how to fight all drastically wiped out native Spanish populations. They had to bring in a lot of slaves from Africa to make up for these losses.
The native population of the Spanish colonies declined rapidly between 1519 and 1605.
- The native population of the Spanish colonies declined for three reasons.
- Firstly, the Native Americans were not immune to diseases that came with Europeans.
- The majority of the Native Americans died with coming connecting with smallpox, malaria, cholera, chickenpox, measles, and scarlet fever.
- The second reason was the constant war between the Natives and conquistadors from Spain.
- Spaniards used modern weapons, which were superior compared o the natives as they used bows and arrows, spears, etc.
- Thirdly, the encomienda system forced the natives to work in mines of silver.
Therefore we can conclude that the arrival of Spain in the New World led to the decline of the old civilizations like Maya Inca and Aztec.
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