the americans is a only a novel series
martn de argelles born 1566 san agustn la florida then a part of new spain was the first person of european descent born in what is now the continental united states
 from the 16th through the 19th centuries the population of native americans declined in the following ways epidemic diseases brought from europe genocide and warfare at the hands of european explorers settlers and colonists as well as between tribes displacement from their lands internal warfare enslavement and intermarriage