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How was disease helpful to the Europeans in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s

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Disease kept Europeans from overpopulation.
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It weakened the natives since they weren’t immune forcing them to trade with the Europeans as well as making their military less effective allowing the Europeans to conquer without much loss.
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