1. the native population of the spanish colonies declined by as much as 90
percent between 1519 and 1605. why did the native population decline so dramatically?
include at least three reasons in your explanation. how did the spanish government
respond to the dramatic decline?

The native people were overworked to the point that they died of sheer exhaustion.

The native people were given poor living and working conditions.

The Spanish destroyed the land and displaced the Indians from their land.

The native people did not have immunity from European diseases, such as smallpox, measles, typhus, chicken pox, and mumps.

The Spanish government ignored the native people’s plight. The government was not concerned about

humane treatment of the native peoples; it was only interested in the riches that resulted from their labor.

As the native population declined, the Spanish government realized that they needed more workers. The

Spanish government decided to get African people to do the work.

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many people believed they were convicted solely because they were anarchists.

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