Columbian Exchange Benefits
“The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases, ideas, food crops, and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492.” (Nunn & Qian) There were several different ways that the Old World benefited from the Columbian Exchange; however, the most well-known is the “discoveries of new supplies of metals.” (Nunn & Qian). The trade of livestock, plants, animals, new technology, and even diseases, changed the way of life for the Native Americans and Europeans. The Columbian exchange had a massive impact on the social and cultural setup of these two nations. Not to mention the major advancements of production of agriculture, increased mortality rates, higher education
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Thomas R. H. Thomson. It is said that Europe’s colonization of Africa would have been nearly impossible without quinine.
Over 12 million Africans were shipped to America between the 16th and 19th century during the transatlantic slave trade. The reason for this mass shipment of native Africans to the Americas is that there was such a high demand for labor in the Americas at this time period. This was driven by two major aspects of the Columbian Exchange. One being the spread of the Old World diseases to the Native Americans, which led to severely low population densities in the New World. The second was the growth and nourishment of highly prized Old World crops. The forced migration of these Africans reached its peak in the eighteenth century. The slave trade began to die down in the nineteenth century, first because of the British Slave Trade Act of 1807 which banned the import of slaves into any of the British colonies, and then because of the British Slavery Abolition Act of 1837, which abolished any type of slave labor in the British
Thomas R. H. Thomson. It is said that Europe’s colonization of Africa would have been nearly impossible without quinine.
Over 12 million Africans were shipped to America between the 16th and 19th century during the transatlantic slave trade. The reason for this mass shipment of native Africans to the Americas is that there was such a high demand for labor in the Americas at this time period. This was driven by two major aspects of the Columbian Exchange. One being the spread of the Old World diseases to the Native Americans, which led to severely low population densities in the New World. The second was the growth and nourishment of highly prized Old World crops. The forced migration of these Africans reached its peak in the eighteenth century. The slave trade began to die down in the nineteenth century, first because of the British Slave Trade Act of 1807 which banned the import of slaves into any of the British colonies, and then because of the British Slavery Abolition Act of 1837, which abolished any type of slave labor in the British