1450-1750+-+North+America+Theme+1

**Theme #1 - Interaction between Humans and Environment**
 * Demography and Disease
 * Europeans brought new diseases to North America when exploring. The natives' immune system were not used to the new diseases and were infected.
 * Diseases from Europe
 * Bubonic Plauge
 * Chicken Pox
 * Cholera
 * Diphtheria
 * Smallpox
 * Whooping Cough
 * Yellow Fever
 * Migration
 * Large numbers of European migrants helped to bring about a profound transformation of American societies in early modern times.
 * Patterns of Settlement
 * Technology
 * Native technology
 * canoes
 * hammocks
 * bow and arrow
 * slings
 * Built Forts
 * Opened Mines
 * New technologies from Europe
 * Weapons
 * guns
 * iron swords
 * horses
 * metal tools
 * glass
 * dogs