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What was the main reason for the decrease in Native Americans in New England by the 1670s

Abeing driven out by Puritan leaders

Bovercrowding by English colonists

Cdiseases caught from the Europeans

D.warfare with the colonists over the fur trade

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the correct answer is c

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Option: C. diseases caught from the Europeans

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When the Europeans reach the New World, they not only brought settlers with them but diseases too. Native Indians were helpless to protect themselves because they were not immune to diseases like smallpox, chickenpox, cholera, diphtheria, influenza, measles and so on. Approximately,  about 12,000 Native Americans in New England were living during 1670, which was one-tenth of their original population years ago.

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