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Columbian Exchange (Diseases This is how 50% percent of the Native…
Columbian Exchange
Animals
Pigs, cows, and horses were revolutionary
Pigs breed really quickly so they could have lots of bacon
Fernando Desoto was on a boat he brought 13 pigs and by the time the time he was dead, there were 700 (in a 3 year time laspe)
The Americas used Inkas for traveling since they could carry 100 pounds
They used OX for better transportation
The typical stereotype of a Indian would ride horses but back then when there was Indians, they didn't have horses.
Diseases
This is how 50% percent of the Native Americans and Caribbians has died from the Europeans coming to trade.
Smallpox
Syphilis
Measles
Typhus
Chicken Pox
The end result
Starvation
The Americans gave the Europeans Syphilis which spreaded all across Europe and different countries called it different things
It spreaded by the sailors who came back from America
People
Most people died from smoking in the war than being in the war itself
The Europeans only came to America to eat
Fewer people starved since the Columbian Exchange begun
Plants
All the crops like tomatoes, bread, and cheese from the cows has made pizza
The Europeans brought over crops like grapes and wheat which is now used for Catholic Mass
The Indians lived without curry, chill, corn, beans, potatoes, avocados, peanuts, blueberries, ect.
Corn and potatoes could grow in dirt that other crops couldn't grow in
All the new food that we had made our population double in 1650 and 1850
A anchor and a half of potatoes could feed an Irish family for a year
Manioc and cassava was also a New World plant and if it was made wrong, it could be poisonous