The Native American peoples were vulnerable to conquest by Eurpean adventures. In this essay the reasons for this will be discussed. There were several reasons why they were vulnerable. First they had poor political practices between different tribes. They lacked modern weaponry and lacked means of travel such as cavalry. Lastly, their immune system was susceptible to European diseases. Each of these reasons will be discussed further in the following paragraphs.

Native Americans had poor political skills due to the large number of tribes. One example of this is the Aztecs which a lot of political strife within their tribe which raised competitiveness that increased internal conflict and thus ended with and unstable political system. A Spanish conquistador named Hernan Cortes took note of this and created alliances with enemy tribes of the Aztecs who were looking to escape slavery. For these reasons the America Natives were extremely fragmented whereas the European adventures came as a united front against them.

In addition to the poor politics of the native Americans, they also lacked the resources to stand up to the European adventures, The Aztecs did not have cattle and horses integrated into waging attacks or carrying supplies. They fought their battles on foot and hand carried any supplies they needed while the Spanish forces had a cavalry from which they fought. This alone caused many Native American casualties and made war with the European's impossible. Additionally, the European's had more advanced weaponry like crossbows, guns, and steel tipped arrows. On the other hand the Aztecs used obsidian and copper tipped spears and arrows which were completely ineffective against the metal armors of the Europeans. The advanced weaponry of the Europeans was too much for the antiquated weapons and cotton armor of the Native Americans.

The last reason that the Native Americans were vulnerable to the Europeans was that there immune systems were not developed enough to fight against the diseases that the Europeans carried. While the Europeans had lived through many plagues and developed some degree of immunity from them, the Native Americans had not. The reason that the Native American did not have many plagues was the fact that they did not keep domesticated animals such as pigs, chickens or cows. Another reason that the Native American did not have much tolerance for disease was due to a relatively small gene pool as compared to the Europeans. The Europeans in addition to strong genes living through plagues, they also had a wide range of genes that had also went through many plagues which left them with a much higher tolerance to disease. This weakened the Native Americans and further put them at a disadvantage with the Europeans.

In conclusion, the reasons the Native American peoples were vulnerable to conquest by Eurpean adventures were discussed. First, was the Native Americans poor politics within or outside each tribe. Next, the lack of modern arms equated to bringing a knife to a gun fight on barefoot while the opposition was on horses. Lastly, the undeveloped immune systems of the Native Americans is what made them susceptible to the European diseases and weekend their ability to wage war. In short with all of these reasons it is easy to see why diversity makes a society stronger by bringing many backgrounds together and make them stronger as a whole.