Transcript The Dark Side of the Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange
• Exchange of goods from the Old World
(Europe) to the New World (Americas).
New
World
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Peaches
Grapefruit
Horses
Tulips
Honeybees
Sheep
Old
World
Buffalo
Chocolate
Tomatoes
Turkeys
Pumpkins
Vanilla
The Dark Side of the
Columbian Exchange
Muah ha ha!!!
The Europeans also brought
Disease!!
• The Native Americans the Europeans
encountered did not have immunities to
European diseases.
• Diseases such as small pox, decimated
the Native population.
Used Early forms of Biological
warfare against the Natives.
• Would throw disease filled blankets into
Native villages.
• Disease killed 1/3 of the Native
population