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There were numerous things that changed in the Americas and its native population after the Europeans arrived, but it was not just the Native Americans that were influenced, the Europeans were affected by some things as well.
One major effect was the spreading of diseases by the Europeans on the Native Americans. This was the prime reason that they started to die out rapidly and almost went extinct.
The Europeans too were affected by the Native American diseases, so they had lot of problems with several problems, such as syphilis, so lot of people died because of it.
Another major influence was the displacement of the Native Americans. The Europeans managed to overpower them and took over their territories, forcing the Native Americans to move westward into new territories where they had to engage in war with other tribes in order to get the land.
<span>One answer might be that culture, an exclusive, frivolous, leisure pursuit of the rich, their flunkies, and social climbers, requires elaborate security to defend its providers and consumers from the righteous anger of the people, whose hard-earned taxes, or lottery losses, are squandered on subsidising fripperies such as opera, ballet, theatre, concerts, and art shows with dead cows in aspic, to which la-di-dah people wear fancy clothes. Another, from the opposite side of the social divide, might say that cultural performances and artefacts embody the best in the spirit of the nation, thus belong to all the people, irrespective of who owns or attends them, and are a source of pride and prestige for all, which must be defended against attack by foreigners, terrorists, hooligans, and madmen. The former is the view of philistines, the latter that of culture vultures.</span>
