Effects Of The Columbian Exchange

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The Columbian exchange is a trade between the old world and the new world. It connects with Columbus because he brought trading items from the new world like people, animals, diseases, plants, and more. Columbian exchange introduces people, animals, and plants. And because of that, the American future was changed forever and it was never the same. Colonialism changed the future of Americans. because European people came to the Americans and brought their beliefs with them. Beliefs changed lives It was difficult to convert Native Americans to Christianity. Before the Spaniards forced them to accept another religion and god, Native Americans lived in a peaceful community. People are susceptible to such drastic change. According to de las Casas …show more content…

The crops were one of the most successful impacts. That changed native Americans' lives. The big 5 animals helped in transportation. food and making clothes also trading were very successful. Communities in the old and new worlds were able to survive and trade successfully thanks to the "big 4" crops. The world wouldn't be the same today or tomorrow without these four major crops. The big 5 animals are horses, cows, pigs, and sheep. Horses altered travel, lifestyles, standards of wealth and prestige, as well as methods of hunting and warfare. This is what Alfred E says about the horses “Horses not only helped in war but in peace. The invaders had more pulling power—not only horses but also oxen and donkeys. When you consider the great buildings of the Old World, starting with the Egyptians and running up through the ages, people in almost all cases had access to thousands of very strong animals to help them. The only American domesticated animals of any kind were the alpaca and the llama. One of the early advantages of the Spanish over the Mexican Aztecs, for instance, was that the Spanish had horses. It took the American Indians a little while to adopt the horse and become equals on the

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