Austin O’Gorman Mr. Gallup The Effects on the New World from the Columbian Exchange When the Europeans came to North America in 1492, there began a huge change in the global trade routes resulting from the exchange of food, weapons and disease between the Old World and the New. This trade of native life-forms was called the Columbian Exchange by author Alfred Crosby in his book of that called the Columbian Exchange. To America, Europeans introduced crops like wheat, rice and wine grapes, many serving as cash crops for export by the colonists. Europeans also brought a number of old world animals to the New World, including horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, and fowl, producing mixed results for the Indians since the animals destroyed their croplands but also served as valuable sources of food, clothing, and most importantly strength. The Native Americans gave food in return but it was mostly forced away from them. Disease was another very big part of the Columbian Exchange, with the terrible consequences of the death of a lot of Native Americans. This occurred because Native Americans had not been introduced to disease so they were anything but immune. Fevers, like smallpox and measles, proved deadly and often wiped out over half of entire tribes. In turn, Europeans fell prey to the New World disease of syphilis, generating widespread social and biological effects. The Big Picture of the Columbian Exchange were good and bad, it depends on your view on the subject. It created gigantic increases in food production and human population. I believe that this was a bad thing for the Native Americans, but a great thing for the Europeans. The only thing that helped the Native Americans was new food, horses, and guns.
Mr. Gallup
The Effects on the New World from the Columbian Exchange
When the Europeans came to North America in 1492, there began a huge change in the global trade routes resulting from the exchange of food, weapons and disease between the Old World and the New. This trade of native life-forms was called the Columbian Exchange by author Alfred Crosby in his book of that called the Columbian Exchange.
To America, Europeans introduced crops like wheat, rice and wine grapes, many serving as cash crops for export by the colonists. Europeans also brought a number of old world animals to the New World, including horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, and fowl, producing mixed results for the Indians since the animals destroyed their croplands but also served as valuable sources of food, clothing, and most importantly strength. The Native Americans gave food in return but it was mostly forced away from them.
Disease was another very big part of the Columbian Exchange, with the terrible consequences of the death of a lot of Native Americans. This occurred because Native Americans had not been introduced to disease so they were anything but immune. Fevers, like smallpox and measles, proved deadly and often wiped out over half of entire tribes. In turn, Europeans fell prey to the New World disease of syphilis, generating widespread social and biological effects.
The Big Picture of the Columbian Exchange were good and bad, it depends on your view on the subject. It created gigantic increases in food production and human population.
I believe that this was a bad thing for the Native Americans, but a great thing for the Europeans. The only thing that helped the Native Americans was new food, horses, and guns.