The early colonists showed up in an essentially mad Max type situation. The natives who had been there were nearly wiped out, like 90-95% casualty rate from disease. Entire tribes and peoples just gone. Would’ve been a much different history had they not been basically wiped out.
The early colonists showed up in an essentially mad Max type situation.
Yes and no. The vast majority of the indigenous population that were killed in the great dying happened between 1520 and 1550. Around 1580 surviving tribes started to rebound and reorganize themselves. Right when populations were set to take off again the Europeans started to land in New England, permanently stunting any chance of a recovery.
So instead of a mad max type scenario, it would probably be more akin to the mid 1400s in Europe. People still would have known about the event and talked about it, but there may have been hope for the future and the beginning of some social and economic abundance.
The early colonists showed up in an essentially mad Max type situation. The natives who had been there were nearly wiped out, like 90-95% casualty rate from disease. Entire tribes and peoples just gone. Would’ve been a much different history had they not been basically wiped out.
Yes and no. The vast majority of the indigenous population that were killed in the great dying happened between 1520 and 1550. Around 1580 surviving tribes started to rebound and reorganize themselves. Right when populations were set to take off again the Europeans started to land in New England, permanently stunting any chance of a recovery.
So instead of a mad max type scenario, it would probably be more akin to the mid 1400s in Europe. People still would have known about the event and talked about it, but there may have been hope for the future and the beginning of some social and economic abundance.