Columbian Exchange DBQ
Jack Barnett
9/24/15
AP US History
QUESTION: In what ways did the Columbian Exchange affect the Americas as a whole? Was this a positive or negative affect?
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The Columbian Exchange DBQ
QUESTION: In what ways did the Columbian Exchange affect the Americas as a whole? Was this a positive or negative affect?
The Columbian Exchange served at a pivotal transfer of goods between Europe and the “New World.” Everything from cash crops and agricultural ideas, to diseases and long term affects that decimated …show more content…
Diseases passed through the exchange from Europeans to Native Americans were without a doubt, the most brutal aspect of the Columbian Exchange. The most deadly of the diseases were smallpox. (Doc1) According to Alfred W. Cosby, the smallpox epidemic was the “worst and the most spectacular of the infectious diseases mowing down the Native Americans.” (Doc1) Having been exposed to the disease before, the European carriers of the smallpox virus had built up immunity to the strain, meaning that if the disease was inside them, it was in a dormant or stationary state. The smallpox disease blisters the entire body making the slightest movement utterly painful. (Doc3) Many of the Native Americans were affected so rapidly that they could not aid each other due to the extremely high rate of spread. (Doc1) While smallpox is the most notorious of the diseases passed through the Columbian Exchange, many others also spread havoc among Native American tribes. These included measles, cholera, STD’s, influenza, tuberculosis, and many …show more content…
The introduction of crops, both from Europe to the Americas and vise versa, would forever change the world as it was once known. A large benefit of crop exchange was the realization of caloric intake. (Doc4) The American people were the first to discover the scientific unit of energy: the calorie. They discovered that was foods containing a high amount of calories energizes and sustains the body more than food without sufficient calories. This enabled the people of not only America, but also Europe and eventually Africa to acquire this understanding. (Doc4) Before the Columbian Exchange, Native Americans did not utilize livestock simply because it was not available. The Europeans introduced horses, goats, sheep, cattle and pigs. This allowed the Native Americans to maintain sources of food as well as significantly fast and more convenient forms of transportation. (Doc5) Not only were crops and livestock revolutionary to both the new and old worlds, but information was also passed from Natives to Colonists. The Natives taught the colonists to make larger non-agricultural progress than they had ever made before. The largest form of this progress was fishing and working with the lumber in the area.
9/24/15
AP US History
QUESTION: In what ways did the Columbian Exchange affect the Americas as a whole? Was this a positive or negative affect?
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DOCUMENT 5:
DOCUMENT 6:
DOCUMENT 7:
The Columbian Exchange DBQ
QUESTION: In what ways did the Columbian Exchange affect the Americas as a whole? Was this a positive or negative affect?
The Columbian Exchange served at a pivotal transfer of goods between Europe and the “New World.” Everything from cash crops and agricultural ideas, to diseases and long term affects that decimated …show more content…
Diseases passed through the exchange from Europeans to Native Americans were without a doubt, the most brutal aspect of the Columbian Exchange. The most deadly of the diseases were smallpox. (Doc1) According to Alfred W. Cosby, the smallpox epidemic was the “worst and the most spectacular of the infectious diseases mowing down the Native Americans.” (Doc1) Having been exposed to the disease before, the European carriers of the smallpox virus had built up immunity to the strain, meaning that if the disease was inside them, it was in a dormant or stationary state. The smallpox disease blisters the entire body making the slightest movement utterly painful. (Doc3) Many of the Native Americans were affected so rapidly that they could not aid each other due to the extremely high rate of spread. (Doc1) While smallpox is the most notorious of the diseases passed through the Columbian Exchange, many others also spread havoc among Native American tribes. These included measles, cholera, STD’s, influenza, tuberculosis, and many …show more content…
The introduction of crops, both from Europe to the Americas and vise versa, would forever change the world as it was once known. A large benefit of crop exchange was the realization of caloric intake. (Doc4) The American people were the first to discover the scientific unit of energy: the calorie. They discovered that was foods containing a high amount of calories energizes and sustains the body more than food without sufficient calories. This enabled the people of not only America, but also Europe and eventually Africa to acquire this understanding. (Doc4) Before the Columbian Exchange, Native Americans did not utilize livestock simply because it was not available. The Europeans introduced horses, goats, sheep, cattle and pigs. This allowed the Native Americans to maintain sources of food as well as significantly fast and more convenient forms of transportation. (Doc5) Not only were crops and livestock revolutionary to both the new and old worlds, but information was also passed from Natives to Colonists. The Natives taught the colonists to make larger non-agricultural progress than they had ever made before. The largest form of this progress was fishing and working with the lumber in the area.