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How did diseases play into the Spanish conquest of the Americas?

A. Conquistadores often fell ill to the diseases of the Americas.
B. European diseases devastated the Americas and in essence was a destructive weapon against the native peoples.
C. Most native peoples built an immunity to European diseases rather quickly.
D. Diseases played only a minor role in the conquest of the Americas.

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B. should be your answer
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"B is the answer because the Europeans were immune to the virus and the Indians weren't so they grew very ill which helped the Europeans."
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