European Influence On American Culture

When the Europeans explored the Americas, they were introduced to new plants, foods, and animals, as well as riches and land. Foods such as corn, white and sweet potatoes, beans, tomatoes, cacao, fruits,

In the new world, Europeans encountered indigenous plant foods cultivated by Native Americas. These plants were potatoes, beans, corn, tobacco, and cocoa. The potato is especially important because it’s known for one of the main foods for Ireland. The European’s influenced oats and barley etc. Domesticated animals as pigs, chickens, sheep, and ox were also brought to the Americas. Horses were also brought to the new world which was a new tool for hunting and used for military.

The Middle Passage (or Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade) was a voyage that took slaves from Africa to the Americas via tightly packed ships. The trade started around the early 1500s, and by 1654 about 8,000-10,000 slaves were being imported from Africa to the Americas every year. This number continued to grow, and by 1750 that figure had climbed to about 60,000-70,000 slaves a year. Because of the lack of necessary documents, it is hard to tell the exact number of Africans taken from their homeland. But based on available clues and data, an estimated 9-15 million were taken on the Middle Passage, and of that about 3-5 million died. While the whole idea seems sick and wrong, many intelligent people and ideas went in to making the slave trade

Through the Columbian Exchange, the Indians brought potatoes to the Old World, which proved as a useful crop because you didn't have to take them out of the ground until you were ready to eat them. The Europeans brought over horses, pigs, sheep, and cattle to the New World. These animals flourished in the New World because they all were able to produce without having to worry about predators. The Europeans also brought sugar cane and bananas to the New World. These crops and livestock helped to make the New World a more diverse living space for the Europeans and the

Upon their arrival in America the Europeans brought with them, fruits and vegetables such as peaches, plums, pears, and bananas (Angel, 2012). In addition to these foods, the Europeans brought

Some of the foods and animals that came from Europe to the Americas were bananas, coffee, cows, sheep, rice, horses, pigs, pears, wheat, turnips, lettuce, peaches, oranges, and lemons. Those are some of the foods and animals that came from Europe to the Americas. Some stuff that came from the Americas to Europe was, corn, cotton, papayas, peanuts, pumpkins, vanilla beans, marigolds, pineapples, and avocados. There are a lot more of food that came from the Americas to Europe.

Crops were another thing which greatly affected the environment of the America and Europe. One major crop found in America was Tobacco, which intoxicated the Europeans from then to now. Tomatoes,Corn,potatoes,peanuts, squash, cacao (the plant used for Chocolate), pumpkins, pineapples, and more came from America. Most of the plants adapted well to Europe, but others had to genetically alter themselves. Tomatoes came a big part of the Italian diet and potatoes to the Irish. In fact when there was a potato crop failure in 1881 it caused the Great Famine and a mass migration so that they would not starve to

The Columbian Exchange of food brought a great change to the world’s culture and to the food we eat today. An example of this is the holiday Thanksgiving, where we celebrate the trading of goods and all the new foods introduced the separate nations. Some examples of these ingredients are potatoes, bacon (pigs), sugar, ginger, and eggs (chickens). Some of these ingredients were introduced to the Americas by Europe, Africa, and Asia and some were introduced the other way around. The potato had a huge influence on the current diet of the European as well as the population size and pigs being introduced into the Americas created tension between the Colonies and Natives and the pigs were even used in a native revolt against the Colonists.

The Columbian Exchange refers to the period around 1492 when Europeans loaded their ships with supplies and headed across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. The Europeans had brought grains such as wheat, barley, rice and oats with them since these were the staples in Europe at the time. They also brought citrus fruit, bananas, peaches and sugar cane. These crops were unknown to the Americas and the millions of people who lived there. However, these new and exotic plants flourished in this new environment. The Europeans also introduced several animals that were not native to the Americas. Some of the animals were horses, pigs, chicken, cattle, dogs and bees. The Americas had so much untouched land that these animals were able to thrive and

There, many items and ideas were traded, good and bad, such as diseases, plants, livestock, and technology. European countries flourished from the exchange at the new world and even experienced a population boom. Many good were successful and became popular in Europe such as tobacco, corn, and potatoes. These foods changed many diets and cuisines across Europe and Asia. For example, capsicum peppers from the Americas transformed South and Southeastern Asian cuisine.

Crops were transported over from the New World, such as Potatoes, tomatoes, squashes, pumpkins, beans, and other vegetables that drastically changed the European diet. Before the arrival of said plants the European diet relied on grain, mostly wheat, even this was hard to come by as there was not land to farm on. Cargo ships coming from the New World brought other resources needed for the growing industrial Europe, ship timbers, hemp rope, tar, furs, dyes such as indigo and red Brazil wood, dried fish, flaxseed oil, hides, and a mass of other materials.

The trade of Africans was part of Triangular trade, from Europe to Africa, Africa to the Americas, and the Americas back to Europe. The journey from Africa across the Atlantic was known as the Middle Passage. For many months, enslaved Africans were treated terribly on the voyage. Slaves were packed on top of each other into the bottom of the ship. African men wore iron chains around their wrists and legs and had little room to move. The chains and cuffs prevented revolts and escapes. Revolting slaves would be shot or drowned. Women and children were sometimes

Victors Of The Middle Passage From the 16th century to the mid-19th century several millions of African men, women, and children were enslaved and transported to the Americas for the purpose of meeting labor needs. The African captives experienced a miserable setting aboard slave ships, and suffered several afflictions bestowed unto them by their capturers. A firsthand account of the African prisoners deepest fears regarding the middle passage was expressed in a former slaves autobiography. Furthermore, The unrelenting captors of the enslaved Africans were suspected of having no fear of God.

Africans were less defenseless to numerous European ailments than Native American slaves. Starting in 861, a great part of the Caliphate was tossed into Civil War, and the Zanj accepted the open door to revolt between 869-883-1.5-2.5 million executed. After the Portuguese arrived, slaves were frequently exchanged for European products specifically firearms. The Portuguese utilized slaves on their Sugar Plantations in Sao Tome and Madeira. The Portuguese first conveyed African slaves to the New World as right on time as 1500 to take a shot at sugar estates, and they overwhelmed the early exchange. They were immediately supplanted by the Dutch in 1600 who initially foreign made slaves routinely into North America. They were supplanted by the English in the 1700s.The slave exchange produced an ever more prominent interest for slaves prompting to more wars between African tribes to keep up the request; journey from Africa to the New World. Considered the middle section of the triangular trade, also known as The Middle Passage. Slaves were payload and regarded all things considered. Frequently packed into boats and stacked on top of each other. On a few boats, they were either laid level and couldn 't sit up. Anchored together with a team of around thirty people. Ailing health, congestion, and terrible sanitation prompted to many slaves passing on before they ever arrived. Dead bodies were

European explorers thus set out to discover the source of the spices. However, the expeditions led to the discovery of America, and the Columbian exchange. The American continent itself had a wealth of food crops that the rest of the world did not have at the time. Food crops such as potatoes and maize and fruits such as pineapples were adapted by the European and Asian cultures in their diets while mangoes were brought into America. Thus the exchange of crops led to creation of cuisines that previously did not exist (Boivin, Fuller & Crowther,