The European colonization had devastating impact on Native Americans due to environmental changes and the introduction of diseases:
- The introduction of European weapons linked to the popularity of beavers led to overhunting. <u>Overhunting led to the extinction of beavers which affected the ecosystem as a whole. Europeans also brought pigs to the new land that ended up eating the foods deers and other animals depended on leading to scarcity.</u>
- <u>Europeans brought with them diseases (such as smallpox) that the native population were NOT immune to which resulted in a great number of deaths. The high mortality rate of the older population meant the loss of both tradition and knowledge.</u>
The correct answer is Option D) The Monastic Movement.
The European Enlightenment, also known as the Age of Enlightenment or Age of Logic refers to an ideology which dominated most of Europe in the 18th Century.
It refers to a post-Renaissance Europe where science and logic had begun to play a greater role in the society.
People were questioning ancient dogmas, traditions and superstitions and beginning to discover the science behind many natural occurrences.
The age was significantly pushed by the Protestant reformation, the scientific revolution and the rise of secular humanism.
The Monastic Movement, on the other hand is a religious way of life, where a person shuns the 'material world' in devotion to God. It is the complete opposite of the European Enlightenment and had no part in it.
During the free banking era, between 1837 and 1863,banking in the United States was dominated by "<span>a. small, independent bank with no charters," since this was before the larger banks began to issue more and more credit. </span>
