FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Chickens, potatoes, and horses
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Horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs
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Deer
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Snakes, alligators, bears, and horses
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Detailed explanation-1: -Horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, chickens, large dogs, cats, and bees were rapidly adopted by native peoples for transport, food, and other uses. One of the first European exports to the Americas, the horse, changed the lives of many Native American tribes.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Europeans brought technologies, ideas, plants, and animals that were new to America and would transform peoples’ lives: guns, iron tools, and weapons; Christianity and Roman law; sugarcane and wheat; horses and cattle. They also carried diseases against which the Indian peoples had no defenses.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Columbian Exchange brought horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and a collection of other useful species to the Americas. Before Columbus, Native American societies in the high Andes had domesticated llamas and alpacas, but no other animals weighing more than 45 kg (100 lbs).
Detailed explanation-4: -There are indeed a number of highly important crops grown in the Americas that were introduced by European settlers. These include oranges and other citrus fruits, bananas, apples, almonds, onions, wheat and rice.