As Columbus and others set off looking for wealth, glory, and converts to God, what was the impact of European conquest on the population and environment of the New World

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As Columbus and others set off looking for wealth, glory, and converts to God, the impact of European conquest on the population and environment of the New World was disastrous. European explorers and colonists really damaged and affected the environment in the Americas and almost wiped out 80% of the Native Indian population due to diseases.

The sole interest of white European conquerors and colonists was to exploit the many raw materials and natural resources of the Americas to make a profit. That was the case of the Spaniards in Mesoamerica. The English settlers in North America wanted to settle in the territories that belonged to the Native American Indian tribes. This created many conflicts and wars. In the end, Indians were removed from their territories.

And regarding diseases, white Europeans brought diseases such as cholera, influenza, chickenpox, malaria, and smallpox, that almost wipe out the entire Indian population in the Americas.

in 1803 the louisiana purchase took place, doubling the size of the country. by 1840 almost 7 million americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. the belief that settlers were destined to expand to the west is often referred to as manifest destiny.

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genetics is the study of how dna works, the methodologies defining the new recent technologies allow scientist to have a panoramic view of the entire dna landscape, especially how genomes interact with their environment, including off course, factors outside their organisms.

thus is very possible the existence of both scenarios, where populations of isolated individuals have different genetic traits, and share traits related to genetic mutation, due rats can easily travel overseas using human transport channels. so scientists could get a vast number of data, including human interaction, evolution of rodents, health development, spread of infections, development of new organisms, how genomes evolve in different environments and so on.