Some basic effects of Europeans coming to North America are that the Native Americans caught new diseases which included smallpox, influenza, measles, and chicken pox. Explorers used superior fire power, like single shot muskets, to conquer natives.
The law known as Lex Agraria was created to calm the poor it said that they would buy 500 acres from the rich and give parts of the 500 acres land to the homeless war veterians after their term was up.