Area of Research Impact of Disease

Aztec Experience
Estimated that three-quarters of the

Aboriginal Experience One of the first things that happened after European settlement in Australia was the appearance of western diseases in Aboriginal communities. The Aboriginals had no immunity to diseases such as chickenpox, smallpox, measles and influenza, and therefore died quite quickly. These diseases were very infectious and spread very quickly The aboriginals lost access to their hunting grounds, vital water sources. Sacred religious sites were destroyed When British invaded Aboriginal territory, the indigenous people fought back, and engaged in wars often called frontier wars. Indigenous warriors used 'guerrilla warfare' , which is small raids consisting of a small amount of people stealing supplies, killing livestock and murdering people. The number of casualties on the Indigenous side was greater, but the British were worried regardless, as they had confronted more resistence than they had planned. Frontier wars produced massacres on both sides. One of the recorded massacres performed by aboriginals was the Maria massacre, where a number of European survivors from a shipwreck were killed by Aboriginal people.

native population died of violence or diseases like small pox and measles in just the first century of the conquest. The Aztec people had no natural immunity to many European diseases such as measles or small pox. The second last Aztec Emperor, Cuitlahuac, died of disease. Land Disputes Defended their land vigorously

Massacre and frontier wars

The aztecs fought the Spanish vigorously, but were eventually defeated by the Spanish due to the Spanish guns and other advanced weapons and armor.

Dispossession the native peoples response