Which option describes one reason Europeans were able to gain dominance over the Americas in the late 1400s and early 1500s?

European arrivals brought diseases such as smallpox to the Americas. Indigenous peoples had little or no prior exposure to these diseases, so epidemics killed a large share of the population and weakened communities’ ability to resist conquest. Thus, “European diseases killed many people in the Americas” describes one reason Europeans gained dominance.

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