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    structure grew while Americas didn’t. Also America’s and Africa’s social structure decreased but helped Europe discover new goods and economy grow and religion spread. After the return of Columbus from the Americas‚ his discovery led to the Columbian exchange which helped Europe’s economy grow and colonization expand. After colonizing in America Europe started bringing in Indians from America to Europe to work on the sugar plantations which at the time were the best thing they had. Later on not

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    The Columbian American exchange was a monumental turning point in time and I feel like the idea of this project was better than the actual outcome for my group. Our group contact was very helpful and I like how we were able to spend quite a bit of time making sure we had everything organized. Recording our process and next steps made the whole project move along as smooth as possible. Even though our contract stated that we would do what was assigned and meet deadlines there was a member that consistently

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    believe that lobbying from big business now controls who is elected on high levels and who is appointed key positions. This makes me worried because I believe that the United States is moving towards a fascist government. There are many social consequences discussed in the article. The replacement of offenders is one issue. You can’t lock up the idea of the crime‚ but only the criminal that acted. It surprised me that the he did not discuss the fact that when someone is incarcerated they are basically

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    this goal‚ their journeys led to the discovery of new land in the Americas. Once the New World was founded‚ explorers continued to venture out and find more land. Explorations brought new products to the New World to trade with Europe‚ but the Columbian exchange didn’t always have the best impact‚ like the way it negatively affected the Native American’s way of life. The New World attracted missionaries wishing to spread their religion. Document 4 states that along with the conquistadors‚ missionaries

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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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    backbone for trade and colonization. Christopher Columbus made the first of these voyages while looking for a shorter route to India. After taking the voyage from 1492-93 this charted route across the Atlantic ocean‚ the Columbian Exchange was established to form an exchange of goods between the Old World

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    CHAPTER 17&18 OUTLINE STUDY GUIDE Bryan Marchena I. The Columbian Exchange and its Effects A. Cultural Diversity 1. The peoples of the New World lacked immunity to diseases from the Old World. Smallpox‚ measles‚ diphtheria‚ typhus‚ influenza‚ malaria‚ yellow fever and maybe pulmonary plague caused severe declines in the population of native peoples in the Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Syphilis was the only significant disease thought to have been transferred from the Americas to

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    Europe ’s maritime dominance and the opening of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans had major consequences in world history. Including creating a new international pool for the basic exchange of foods‚ diseases‚ and a few manufactured products. While this exchange had its high points such as introduction of new crops and new animals to the Americas and other countries it also brought widespread demographic destruction. At the same time Native Americans who had never been brought into contact with the

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    The Columbian Exchange Vs. the Triangular trade What is the Columbian exchange? Many people may have never heard this term before. The Columbian exchange began after Columbus begins to make “settlements” in the “new world” in the year 1492. Now‚ you may think how does finding a new civilization cause and exchange. Well‚ the Columbian exchange was not all about products and culture. In reality‚ it was mostly dealing with the biological effects of the “immigrants” on the natives. When the settlers

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    Spanish exploration had both negative and positive consequences toward the Native Americans‚ and Europeans. One of the positive consequences was that tobacco was the main source of money‚ which made the economy grow since it grew at an alarming rate. There were negative consequences though‚ like‚ cancer from the tobacco. Although there were positive effects of the Columbian Exchange‚ the negatives were more significant. Spanish exploration had many negatives. First‚ there were diseases. Diseases

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