Great Dying epidemic of 1616–1619

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epidemic health disaster historical event

The Great Dying epidemic of 1616–1619 was a devastating wave of Old World diseases that decimated Indigenous populations in coastal New England just before large-scale English colonization.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	epidemic ⓘ health disaster ⓘ historical event ⓘ
affects	Indigenous peoples of New England NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusett people NERFINISHED ⓘ Patuxet people NERFINISHED ⓘ Wampanoag people NERFINISHED ⓘ other Algonquian-speaking peoples of coastal New England ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Great Dying NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Dying in New England NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporaryAccountBy	English traders ⓘ early English colonists ⓘ
effect	abandonment of many Indigenous villages ⓘ demographic collapse of coastal Native populations ⓘ mass mortality among Indigenous communities ⓘ social disruption among affected tribes ⓘ weakening of Indigenous political and military power in coastal New England ⓘ
endTime	1619 ⓘ
estimatedMortalityRate	up to 90 percent in some Indigenous communities ⓘ
followedBy	establishment of Plymouth Colony ⓘ rapid English settlement of depopulated Indigenous lands ⓘ
hasCause	Old World infectious diseases ⓘ contact with European fishing fleets and traders ⓘ introduced pathogens carried by European sailors and fishermen ⓘ
historicalSignificance	altered balance of power between Indigenous peoples and English settlers ⓘ contributed to availability of cleared agricultural fields for English colonists ⓘ facilitated English colonization by depopulating coastal areas ⓘ shaped early relations between Wampanoag people and Plymouth colonists ⓘ
impactOnCulture	caused loss of elders and knowledge keepers in affected tribes ⓘ
impactOnLandUse	left extensive areas of cleared farmland unused ⓘ
location	Massachusett territory NERFINISHED ⓘ Patuxet region NERFINISHED ⓘ Wampanoag territory NERFINISHED ⓘ coastal New England ⓘ present-day Maine ⓘ present-day Massachusetts ⓘ present-day New Hampshire ⓘ present-day Rhode Island ⓘ
partOf	Columbian Exchange disease outbreaks in the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ
possibleCause	leptospirosis ⓘ plague ⓘ smallpox ⓘ typhus ⓘ viral hepatitis ⓘ
preceded	large-scale English colonization of New England ⓘ
relatedTo	Virgin Soil epidemics in the Americas ⓘ
startTime	1616 ⓘ
timePeriod	early 17th century ⓘ

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Massachusett → affectedBy → Great Dying epidemic of 1616–1619 ⓘ