Causes Of The Columbian Exchange
Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas were bound to find a way to interact eventually. Because of proximity, there would come a time when an explorer from Europe would discover the Americas.
When this happened a time of major exploration and trade began. The Middle Passage and Columbian
Exchange also was bound to happen when the Europeans noticed that it was an excellent way to make more money. Over time the Western world of Europe, the Americas, and Africa interacted with the
Columbian Exchange and the Middle Passage. With this interaction came the trading of foods, people, and social makeup.
After Columbus in 1492, the "New World" became something of a blessing to the Europeans. With Native
Americans to be used as a source of labor and …show more content…
Within the Columbian Exchange there was the trading of technologies, plants, animals, and diseases. Specific diseases like smallpox and syphilis came into the New World and the Old World. Because the Natives in the New World were not exposed to the diseases before and had no immunity to it, they began to die quickly. Common diseases from the Old World spread by air and touch causing the devestation to occur faster. Smallpox was by far the deadliest of diseases. It killed tens of thousands of Natives in the New World. In 1707, smallpox first spread to Iceland and killed 18,000 of the
50,000 inhabitants in two years. In the Old World, the new disease called syphilis had a strong effect on the Europeans. Because sailors were without women for long periods of time the sexually transmitted disease spread quickly. In the 16th century began the slave trade. The Portuguese first began to take part in the slave trade. In 1526 they completed the first transatlantic slave trade. The shipowners regarded the slaves as cargo to be traded quickly to work for labor in many different plantations like coffee, cocoa, sugar, and cotton. About 12 million Africans were traded across the Atlantic. The purchace of slaves
When this happened a time of major exploration and trade began. The Middle Passage and Columbian
Exchange also was bound to happen when the Europeans noticed that it was an excellent way to make more money. Over time the Western world of Europe, the Americas, and Africa interacted with the
Columbian Exchange and the Middle Passage. With this interaction came the trading of foods, people, and social makeup.
After Columbus in 1492, the "New World" became something of a blessing to the Europeans. With Native
Americans to be used as a source of labor and …show more content…
Within the Columbian Exchange there was the trading of technologies, plants, animals, and diseases. Specific diseases like smallpox and syphilis came into the New World and the Old World. Because the Natives in the New World were not exposed to the diseases before and had no immunity to it, they began to die quickly. Common diseases from the Old World spread by air and touch causing the devestation to occur faster. Smallpox was by far the deadliest of diseases. It killed tens of thousands of Natives in the New World. In 1707, smallpox first spread to Iceland and killed 18,000 of the
50,000 inhabitants in two years. In the Old World, the new disease called syphilis had a strong effect on the Europeans. Because sailors were without women for long periods of time the sexually transmitted disease spread quickly. In the 16th century began the slave trade. The Portuguese first began to take part in the slave trade. In 1526 they completed the first transatlantic slave trade. The shipowners regarded the slaves as cargo to be traded quickly to work for labor in many different plantations like coffee, cocoa, sugar, and cotton. About 12 million Africans were traded across the Atlantic. The purchace of slaves