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The Columbian Exchange

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At one point in time there was one big super continent known as Pangea. There was no need to reconnect with the other continents because they were already connected, it was just a matter of how long it would take to get from one place to another. Shortly after, continental drift happened where Pangea split into several continents. One of them is now known as Europe; another is America. 1492, the year that changed everyone’s mindset about what happens if someone should go overseas, Christopher Columbus didn’t fall of the earth like projected. However, he did find America; which led to the Columbian Exchange. The Columbian Exchange, also known as the great exchange, was the act of the new world (America) and the old world (Europe) trading …show more content…

There is a huge list of plants that America received. The list includes Bananas, barley, beans, black pepper, cabbage, coffee, cotton, citrus, garlic, hemp, lettuce, oats, onions, peaches, pears, rice, rye, sugarcane, turnips, and wheat (Columbian Exchange at a Glance). Those are the things that was given to America from Europe. On the other hand, from America, Europe received a good portion of things as well. On the animal side of the trade, America gave Europe fowls, guinea pigs, raccoons, lamas, and turkeys (Columbian Exchange at a Glance). America didn’t give Europe as Many things as Europe gave to America.
Not only did Europe receive animals, they also received avocado, beans, cashews, chicle, chili pepper, cocoa, cotton, huckleberry, maize, manioc, papaya, peanut, pecan, pineapple, potato, rubber, squash, sunflower, strawberry, sweet potato, tobacco, tomato, and vanilla (Columbian Exchange at a Glance). There were many benefits to this trade, there were also different diseases traded that weren’t meant to be traded, but were transferred by the ignorance of the people who were already immune to the disease. The old world had many diseases that its people were already immune to. Since the new world was, as stated, a “New World” they had no way of vaccinating themselves or making anyone aware of what was just given to

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