What Were The Cultural And Economic Impact Of Columbian And American Exchange

Firstly, Thomas Hariot, an astronomical and cartographic educated man, traveled to Virginia to see the effects of the disease on the native people. He later noted that many native towns became ghost towns, and Hariot noted that only the natives caught the disease, not the Europeans (Document 13). The disease that the natives caught was not the Europeans fault, but it was later known that the Europeans exposed the natives of it. The devastating disease however did make the natives suffer because there was no doctors to treat it and many people were scared of it, so if somebody caught it, they pretty much just laid in misery until it killed them. Secondly, Toribio de Motolinía, one of the first Franciscan missionaries to Mexico, wrote in 1540 about the smallpox epidemic which seized the lives of many natives. He wrote, “They died in heaps, like bedbugs….Many others died of starvation, because since they were all taken sick at once, they could not care for eachother (Document 7).” This proves that the natives suffered with disease because they had no treatment, and the quick epidemic swept the floor on them. Finally, the last ruler of the Guatemalan Maya Cakchiquels, named Hernández Arana wrote in his book, during the 1600th century. He wrote about how terrible is was to see the number dying

Culture wasn’t the only thing that the Europeans brought over to the Americas. Along with their customs and rules, came the diseases that the Native American’s have never been exposed to. The Europeans brought many communicable diseases such as small pox and measles which were transmitted to the Native Americans through trade goods or someone infected with them. This quickly annihilated most of the Native American population.

The Columbian Exchange brought diseases in the two countries and was also the forerunner for eliminating Native Americans in North America, but Europe acquired new ways to develop their economy further than what it already was. This discovery was what led to Europe's powers early on in the 1400’s. Europe's discoveries led to the modernization of cultures along with great societies such as the New World, which became the country it is today.

American history frequently centers on the issues of ethnic diversity and resource allocation. In the contemporary, we begin to see the experiences of the Native inhabitants of the Americas in contrast to European settlers and colonizers, is a prime example of this process in motion. When European settlers first arrived to the New World in the 15th century, firstly the Spanish, they brought with them a material cultural based upon an economic standard of resource exploitation, which in a sense was hostile to most of the Native peoples of the Americas. For instance, as Blackhawk notes that, Europeans built permanent settlements consisting of immovable structures, whereas many of the Great Basin peoples were semi-migratory in nature. Additionally, as Europeans claimed possession over the land, its resources, and began a process of territorial delimitation, Native peoples whose lives

The first Spanish conquistadors’ motive that greatly affected the people living in the new world was the search for gold. You can see that this was a big motive by looking in documents two and three. In document two it talks about how Cortez got lots of money for going to the new world and he promised gold and Indian slaves to people going with him. This document shows how Cortez promised something valuable as gold to motivate people to accompany

Distorted perspectives of european settlers led them to view Native Americans as “uncivilized savages.”As the Renaissance reached its ending term Europeans saw their religion (Christianity) as an advanced culture. When Europeans arrived to the “New World” in 1493 settlers discovered the native inhabitants were bizarre to the new settlers. Further in time Settlers observed their culture and viewed their religion as evil and thought of the Natives God as the “Devil in disguise.” As a consequence of their perspective of their religion Settlers thought of them as animals, non-human and branded the term savages to Native Americans. Since Europeans viewed their religion as advanced setters thought of the idea of emerging Native Americans into the white man culture and wanted to “civilize” the Native Americans. Native Americans didn’t like the idea of being rooted to the culture of the Europeans, so Europeans thought of the solution of moving the Native Americans west so the native could preserve their culture. Furthermore igniting the reaction of removal of Natives Americans, conversion of culture and the war between the Europeans and Native

The reason being, that the Natives did not have the immunity to these diseases because they were essentially cut off from the rest of the world. Diseases such as smallpox, measles, mumps, and influenza were brought to the New World. Since the Indians have never been exposed to these diseases they were all virtually dying from it. Ninety percent of the Indians population would be lost due to these diseases. As the Indian population decreased, the eldest of their tribes would die taking with them information about the gods and their ancestors. Considering the fact that most of the Indian population died, it was easier for the conquistadores to take land from these

The Columbian Exchange was a huge deal for Europe. Traders were going back and forth, from Europe to the New World, and back. This means that the traders were bringing new things, such as food and ideas. Food such as turkey, pumpkins, potatoes, corn, and more went from the Americas, or the New World, to the Old, or Europe. Things such as onions, bananas, livestock, and grains went from the Old to the New. However, one of the biggest downsides was that the Europeans brought diseases, such as smallpox, whooping cough, measles, and more to the New World. This ultimately destroyed the Native population, since they were not used to these diseases. The Columbian Exchange also brought along another horrible downside, the beginning of the Slave Trade,

The Columbian Exchange (also recognized as the Great Biological Exchange) Impacted the biological and cultural aspects of both sides of the Atlantic. This time is one the most important for our world's history because it introduces new concepts, good and bad on both sides of the Atlantic which spreads out through the remainder of the world through them. This historical event included the exchange of plant, animals, technology and diseases. When the Europeans came to what they called the New World there were many different plants that they had encountered that they have never been put in because they did not grow where they came from. As well as the Native Americans who had been dwelling in the same area and they had not been exposed to different plants.

Before 1450, there were three distinct sections of the world. Europe, Africa, and America. They all had smaller communities of people with distinct languages, crafts, diets, and traditions. However, things were about to change. All it took to dramatically alter the lives of every human on earth was one man and three ships set to sail for India. These ships intended to find a better route to trade, but got a bit more than they had bargained for. The discovery of spices, metals, and fabrics as well as a desire to find superior trade routes to acquire these goods lead to the discovery of the New World, which had a dramatic mixed impact on both the Old and New Worlds.

The Europeans brought multiple diseases to the New World including smallpox, chickenpox, the flu, and yellow fever.

In the 1600’s, confrontation between the American Indians and the European colonist led into egregious action to expand the prosperity and welfare for one’s self. Rapid tension among the two groups in the area of New York, New France, and New England led into countless wars. All European nations traveled to North America hoping to spread Christianity and have a favorable balance of trade in which is referred to as mercantilism. Each nation trying to establish dominance gaining colonies and treated the natives Indians contemptuously. At the end the Europeans were cruel and bitter toward the American Indians that brought atrocious relationship among them. The European nations traveling across the Atlantic oceans to the North America to bring

Secondly, the widespread transfer of animals between two hemispheres of the earth makes a significant mark on both the

One of the most important negative effects the Columbian Exchange had on the Natives lives was the introduction of many diseases to the New World. The Europeans brought diseases including smallpox, measles, influenza, and malaria with them. These diseases had a major impact on the Natives lives, killing up to 90% of the people in the New World. Medicines and vaccinations had not come to the New World yet, so no one was aware of how to cure these diseases. The Columbian Exchange had both positive and negative effects on the Natives; however, the Europeans also experienced benefits and

The most significant impact the Columbian Exchange had was the transfer of Old and New World diseases, adversely affecting the population for both the Native Americans and Europeans. Native Americans suffered immensely from European disease as these were foreign to them, thus they had not developed immunities to these diseases as a result from of isolation from the Old World. The diseases were also escalated and easily spread, for they were infectious through air. Diseases that exceedingly devastated the Indian population consist of the following: smallpox, measles, malaria, yellow fever, influenza, and chickenpox. John Winthrop, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, states that the Native Americans were dying at alarming rates as a result of these diseases when he claims that“the natives, [they] are neere all dead of Smallpox, so as the Lord hathe cleared our title to what we possess." In total, these diseases killed million of Natives’.