It was disease. 95 percent of the 80 million native people of the Americas were wiped out in a few years after the arrival of the Europeans.
It is also a myth that European superior technology defeated the Mexica Empire. It was disease. 95 percent of the 80 million native people of the Americas were wiped out in a few years after the arrival of the Europeans. And to think that most of the continent was not just highly populated but also highly developed, with technologies unknown in Europe.