SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS
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cotton, animals, and tomatoes
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clothes, fur, and horses
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diseases, measles, and smallpox
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coffee, pigs and cows
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Detailed explanation-1: -The spread of disease. Possibly the most dramatic, immediate impact of the Columbian Exchange was the spread of diseases. In places where the local population had no or little resistance, especially the Americas, the effect was horrific. Prior to contact, indigenous populations thrived across North and South America.
Detailed explanation-2: -They gained many things such as, crops, like maize and potatoes, land in the Americas, and slaves from Africa. On the other hand the negative impacts of the Columbian Exchange are the spread of disease, death, and slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -New diseases were introduced to American populations that had no prior experience of them. The results were devastating. These populations also were introduced to new weeds and pests, livestock, and pets. New food and fiber crops were introduced to Eurasia and Africa, improving diets and fomenting trade there.
Detailed explanation-4: -Smallpox was one of the most devastating consequences of the Columbian Exchange. Diseases brought to the Americas by Europeans after the Columbian Exchange caused a population decline among Native Americans that was the largest in human history.