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    Graded Assignment Consequences of the Columbian Exchange Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (50 points) 1. Write an essay on one unintended consequence of the Columbian Exchange. To begin‚ read the examples of actions and consequences below‚ and note how each consequence was intended or unintended. Action Consequence Intended/Unintended/Both Some European sailors and conquistadors have smallpox. Sailors come in contact with Native Americans‚ who

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    The Columbian Exchange Kristy L. Atkins People & the Land: Intro to Cultural Geography Thematic Essay #1 Mr. Gerald Golden Alfred Crosby dubbed it the Columbian Exchange. Simply describing the interchanges between the Old World and the Americas‚ these interchanges included animals‚ plants‚ and diseases; and took place in the Caribbean in 1492 after Columbus arrived. Ironically enough‚ the Columbian Exchange was an astonishing benefit to Europe and its colonies‚ while being a complete misfortune

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    On Columbus’ second voyage‚ a monk named Ramon Pane described how Native Americans used tobacco. At this point tobacco was not used recreationally‚ but as a medicine‚ or hallucinogen during religious ceremonies. The Europeans began using tobacco as a medicine until around 1560 when it began to be used recreationally. In 1561 the Queen of France (Catherine de Medici) declared it be called Herba Regina‚ which means the Queens Herb. Tobacco was introduced to England in the 1580s‚ and by the early

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    Josh Noble History 1301 Mon‚Wed 3:30 Columbian Exchange The Columbian exchange was important to our society today‚ because without it there would not be America like we know it today. The native Americans‚ Spaniards‚ English‚ and the Africans play a great role in starting the Americas. The Native Americans have no nation state‚ each tribe has their own language‚ no organized trade routes. Spanish do not bring their families to settle with them‚ and why is this important? England created the original

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    The Columbian Exchange had dramatic demographic effects in both the Americas and Europe. One major factoring concerning both of the two regions was the spread of new diseases causing a decline in the growth of both the America’s and Europe’s population. However‚ the impact tended to be much more negative for the Americans. Through the Columbian exchange the Europeans brought multiple new diseases to the Native American population‚ including small pox. The coming of these diseases had such a great

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    History 8/22/14 Columbian Exchange In the late 15th and early 16th centuries explorers wanted to discover new lands due to overpopulation and curiosity of what the world was. This was called the Age of Discovery; a time when sailors set sail and went to discover more about the world. During this period‚ when sailors landed on the Americas‚ the Spanish‚ French‚ and English colonies looted the lands and also traded with the locals‚ causing the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian Exchange was hard on the

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    The exchange between living organisms from the west to the non western world started with Christopher Columbus. In 1492 he set sail in order to reach China or Japan through the Atlantic Ocean. However‚ he landed in North America and created a connection between the Americas and Afroeurasia. “Historians conventionally call this period the early modern era. We use this term to signal the magnitude of changes taking place between 1450 and 1750” (Dunn 452). The Columbian Exchange is responsible for

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    benefits for the Europeans but very little benefits for the native people of North America. The Columbian Exchange which involved the exchanging of diseases‚ animals and plants ended up being very helpful for the Europeans that came over to the new world but was not as helpful for the native people. The native people’s population suffered majorly from the introduction of new diseases from the Old World that the Europeans brought over with them. Of course unintentionally the Europeans bought over

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    The Columbian Exchange was the trafficking of goods‚ ideas‚ and disease between the Americas and Europe that took place during and after the Age of Exploration. From the Americas‚ Europe would get new crops such as corn‚ white and sweet potatoes‚ tomatoes and tobacco. Europe would also see some new diseases originating from the Americas‚ most notably syphilis. Though not as rich in large food animals as Europe‚ some New World animals would make their way back including turkeys. The major portion

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    had reached India were created‚ these miscalculations were not fruitless in the creation and foundation of the New World. Due to the numerous cultural and biological exchanges being conducted during the 15th and 16th centuries after many of Columbus’s extensive voyages‚ this way of interaction was soon referred to as the Columbian Exchange. The effects of the Columbian Exchange resulted in beneficial rewards such as more variety of crops being grown‚ the introduction of animals to other continents

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