Analyze The Effects Of European Exploration
Analyze the effects of European exploration and expansion on both Europe and the peoples they came into contact with.
Some may say the European exploration and expansion only affected Europe in a beneficial way. However, the Columbian Exchange introduced the new animals and plants to both sides, changing the staple of European people and the lifestyle of the Americans, the slave trade brought the black slaves to America where they later settled down when some of the African states met their destruction, and the European disease such as smallpox killed the native populations and the diseases from the New World also spread in Europe, therefore, the European exploration during the age of discovery brought the profound effects on both Europe and the peoples they came into contact with. The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of the new animals and plants to Europe and America. In this process, potatoes were introduced to Europe, which would become the staple of Europeans because of its high nutritious quality and the easy way of storation. It even led to the increase in European population in a century since the people no longer died of …show more content…
They transported the slaves from Africa across the Atlantic. In the triangular trade, when the slaves were packed into the small ships to be sent to America, nearly 10% of the slaves died. As the Europeans continued the slave trade, exporting more and more African people, some of the African states began their decline and some of them could not even recover from it due to its disastrous effects. In the meantime, the slaves transported into America were forced to labor in a terrible environment. The only thing they could do was plating the lands. After a few centuries the slave trade was abolished, some of the black people settled in the America, leading to a diversity of
Some may say the European exploration and expansion only affected Europe in a beneficial way. However, the Columbian Exchange introduced the new animals and plants to both sides, changing the staple of European people and the lifestyle of the Americans, the slave trade brought the black slaves to America where they later settled down when some of the African states met their destruction, and the European disease such as smallpox killed the native populations and the diseases from the New World also spread in Europe, therefore, the European exploration during the age of discovery brought the profound effects on both Europe and the peoples they came into contact with. The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of the new animals and plants to Europe and America. In this process, potatoes were introduced to Europe, which would become the staple of Europeans because of its high nutritious quality and the easy way of storation. It even led to the increase in European population in a century since the people no longer died of …show more content…
They transported the slaves from Africa across the Atlantic. In the triangular trade, when the slaves were packed into the small ships to be sent to America, nearly 10% of the slaves died. As the Europeans continued the slave trade, exporting more and more African people, some of the African states began their decline and some of them could not even recover from it due to its disastrous effects. In the meantime, the slaves transported into America were forced to labor in a terrible environment. The only thing they could do was plating the lands. After a few centuries the slave trade was abolished, some of the black people settled in the America, leading to a diversity of