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Discuss The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Native American Life

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Christopher Columbus found the Americas in 1492. Later Spanish conquistadors went to see if the Americas had any use to them in crops, animals, gold, silver or slaves. They also killed of many native empires that did not agree with them. Some advantages the Europeans had are disease, advanced weapons, and horses. Native American life was tribal. They hunted and gathered their food in small groups. They followed their food by season until they figured out how to farm. They grew grains, corn, potatoes, rice, and beans. They didn’t have beasts of burden so they did everything by hand causing work to be harder and be a longer process. They defended themselves with sticks, rocks, wooden spears, and sling shots. They did not know how to do metal
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