What Caused The Columbian Exchange

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With the revelation of the New World in 1942, another age opened in European history. One that would be enormously described by what came to be known as the Columbian Exchange. This trade included plants, animals, humans, sicknesses, and different items between the Europeans and the occupants of the New World created changes in the European economy and modified patterns in the populace. All in all, European nations profited from the trade, increasing more beneficial sustenances, new assets, and riches, albeit a few repercussions were obvious.

The New World was home to a tremendous assortment of new goods that were soon traded to Europe for use in the Old World. A standout amongst them is the potato, (found by Spanish conquistadors) a straightforward vegetable that altered agriculture when it touched base in Europe. Potatoes were strong, wholesome, and developed underground.

Another thing that was traded were slaves. Slavery, although not yet introduced in most countries,
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The exchange of diseases between the Old World and the New World mainly affected the inhabitants of the New World, as their immune systems could not combat European diseases. Before European explorers arrived in the New World, the people living in it did not succumb to diseases like smallpox, measles, or influenza. The consequences were immense. Entire villages were wiped out due to fatal diseases brought by European explorers. Some such explorers, after having sexual relationships with the inhabitants of the New World were infected with diseases such as Syphilis and brought them back to Europe where the diseases spread.

The Columbian Exchange had both positive and negative effects on the Old World and the New World. The New World benefited from the new foods, plants, and even diseases (as they would soon build immunity to combat them). The Old World was given the knowledge of new lands and new peoples, and also learned from new