Objective: SWBAT recognize the importance of the Columbian Exchange on the world.

Set Sail: “Colonies provided markets for European goods.” What does the sentence above mean?

A. Colonies bought the goods that Europeans made.

B. Europeans bought the goods that colonies made.

C. Colonies had several stores where Europeans shopped.

D. Colonies gave their raw materials to the Europeans.

Questions

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How did cows end up in the United States?

What happened to the native peoples living in the Americas?

Why is most of Latin America Catholic today?

Try to answer one of these questions using the source on your table.

"For the natives, they are neere all dead of Small poxe, so as the Lord hathe cleared our title to what we possess."

– John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony

Small Pox Virus Aztec drawings of smallpox victims.

The Requirement

Spanish invaders where required to read a document called “The Requirement” out loud to the natives before moving onto their territory. “The Requirement” outlined the Christian worldview and informed the Indians that the Pope had given Spain control over Latin America? The Indians were told that if they converted and accepted Spanish rule, they’d be treated fairly – but if they refused, they’d be killed.

Columbian Exchange

• The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of goods, disease, and ideas between Europe and the Americas.

Why do you think this trade is called the “Columbian Exchange?

Which question does this answer?

How did cows end up in the United States?

From the Americas •

Goods

European traders transported foods from the Americas to Europe, and from Europe to the Americas. This changed the diet of people throughout the world.

– Examples of foods from the Americas: potatoes, beans, maize, squash, tomatoes, and chocolate – Examples of foods from Europe, Asia, and Africa: domesticated animals, sugar, and wheat.

From Europe, Asia, and Africa

Before 1492, there were no tomatoes in Italy, no pineapples in Hawaii, no potatoes in Ireland, no oranges in Florida, and no cattle in Texas.

Why were these important food crops missing in these areas before 1492?

Practice

• • • • What was the trade of goods between Europe, Asia, and Africa with the Americas called?

What happened in 1492 that allowed for this trade?

Use the symbols on the map to determine where each of these goods existed before 1492: – Pumpkins – Peaches – Tomatoes – Turkeys – Rice Where did pumpkins, turkeys, and tomatoes get traded after 1492?

"For the natives, they are neere all dead of Small poxe, so as the Lord hathe cleared our title to what we possess."

– John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony

Smallpox Virus Aztec drawings of smallpox victims.

Which question does this answer?

What happened to the native peoples living in the Americas?

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Disease

Diseases, like smallpox, measles, and flu, were brought from Europe to Native Americans in the Americas.

Since the Native people had never been exposed to the diseases, their bodies were not able to fight them off, and thousands died.

Historians think Smallpox killed 90% of the native populations of the Americas. Europeans were not affected by the diseases because their bodies had developed anti-bodies to them.

How did the Columbian Exchange affect populations in the Americas and Europe? Why?

Practice

• • • What was one of the most important effects of Europeans exploration in the Americas via the Columbian Exchange, in relation to the Native Americans? How did the diseases brought by European explorers affect Native Americans?

Why did Europeans not die from the Smallpox outbreaks like the Native Americans did?

The Requirement

Which question does this answer?

Spanish invaders where required to read a document called “The Requirement” out loud to the natives before moving onto their territory. “The Requirement” outlined the Christian worldview and informed the Indians that the Pope had given Spain control over Latin America? The Indians were told that if they converted and accepted Spanish rule, they’d be treated fairly – but if they refused, they’d be killed.

Why is most of Latin America Catholic today?

Ideas

• European explorers often forced Native Americans to convert to Christianity. – Europeans thought they were saving the Native Americans.

– If Native Americans refused to convert to Christianity, they were killed.

– Some missionaries campaigned to stop the torture of native people.

Practice

• • What was spread to the Americas besides disease and goods?

How was Christianity spread to the Americas?

Spain weren’t the only ones trading…

• • The French explored the St Lawrence River, Great Lakes, and the Mississippi River. The French set up trading posts in these areas.

Practice

• • Where did the French explore?

What did they do there?