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What aspects of European life were influenced by encounters with Native American cultures?

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European life was influenced by the Native Americans in that they provided new staple crops, such as corn and potatoes. The Native Americans also introduced the Europeans to tobacco. Europeans brought disease to Native Americans such as Syphilis.

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