Question

what happened to indigenous peoples in the americas after 1492?
they began growing tea and coffee.
most perished from disease.
their population decreased by nearly twenty percent.
they began selling horses for gold.

Explanation:

After 1492, European contact brought diseases (like smallpox, measles) to Indigenous peoples in the Americas, who had no immunity to these pathogens. This led to massive population loss, with the majority of many groups perishing from disease. Other options are incorrect: tea/coffee were not native to the Americas and not adopted as a primary crop by Indigenous groups right after 1492; population loss was far greater than 20%; horses were introduced by Europeans, not sold by Indigenous peoples for gold initially.

Answer:

B. Most perished from disease.