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Columbian Exchange : The Movement Of Animals, Plants, Ideas, Diseases, And Technology Across The Atlantic

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Sydney Anderson APUSH 6th Unit I: 1601-1754 1. Columbian Exchange 1492-1750 • The Columbian Exchange was the movement of animals, plants, ideas, diseases, and technology across the Atlantic Ocean. The list above was traded between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. The exchange cause negative and positive results in all three continents. 2. Middle Passage 1500-1900 • The passage that African slaves were carried through during the slave trade. The passage carried slaves from Africa to North America and the West Indies. The passage moved across the Atlantic Ocean on boats with extremely bad conditions. 3. Jamestown 1607 • Jamestown was the first successful permanent British settlement in the new world. Jamestown was part of the Virginia Joint Stock Company. When Jamestown was first found the colony almost didn’t survive due to harsh conditions and a lack of fresh water due to its swampy conditions. The colony’s original goal was to find gold 4. Mayflower Compact 1620 • The Mayflower Compact was a document created and signed by the passengers on the Mayflower before it landed in Plymouth. The compact established the colony of Plymouth and the creation of a government under English rule that was run by the concept of majority rules. 5. Massachusetts Bay Colony- 1628 • The Massachusetts Bay Colony was a colony in what is today Boston, MA. The colony was settled in a governed by Puritans. The colony was self-governing and supported the reform of the Church of England. 6.

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