Research by some scholars provides population estimates of the pre-contact Americas to be as high as 112 million in 1492, while others estimate the population to have been as low as eight million. In any case, the native population declined to less than six million by 1650.
I believe there is a book on the matter as well. Good luck. :)
One important advantage that primary soruces have over secondary sources is that primary sources offer a firsthand account of an event - b, which isn't the case with secondary sources. Although this leaves primary sources prone to being biased compared to secondary sources.
Due to this over 7 million Palestinian refugees do not have a home due to the European colonialism.
"Jackson threatened to send federal troops to South Carolina to force them to comply with the law."
It is like Nixon said, "no event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War." I can't give a clear answer but I do have some food for thought which may paint a big picture.
1. You have to keep in mind that Vietnam was not about who killed more troops.
If the winner of the Vietnam war was declared by who killed more troops than the U.S. would win hands down. The U.S. casualties were roughly half a million, where as the Vietcong suffered a little more than a million. Then how did we lose?
2. Keep in mind that at this time technology has improved and Vietnam is the first war where people are watching it go on right at home on there television screen.
They are seeing their sons being shot and viewing dead soldiers every single day.
You did not see this in WW1 or WW2 or the Korena War.