Columbian Exchange to America Most of the time, when people thought about Columbian Exchange, the impression would be friendship Native Americans and European settlers and the discovery of important species crop and livestock. Unfortunately, those impressions were not entirely true. The truth was that Columbian Exchange was more detrimental than beneficial to the world. Admittedly, in 1500s, when Europeans discovered and colonized America, they discovered numerous animals and plants that had never been seen in Europe. These exotic species included turkey, lama, alpacas, guinea pigs, corn, tobacco, and many more others. Also, they introduced European goods and species such as horses, cattle, sheep, barley, oats, banana, to the New World. However,
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The Europeans brought many essential technologies to the Native Americans. For example, before Europeans arrived, Native Americans didn’t have a written language, so Native Americans later learned alphabet from the Europeans. Also, European brought the knowledge of agriculture to the Native Americans. The agricultural improvements helped Native Americans to produce more foods and improve living conditions. Furthermore, Europeans taught Native Americans the use of advance weaponry. Native American started to use steel knives and guns to hunt animals instead of obsidian daggers and bows, which were less effective and durable. However, these trivial advantages didn’t compensate for the devastation created by the Europeans. Although the lives of the survived Native Americans improved, the majority of Native Americans, which was ninety five percent of the total population, was killed by the diseases and brutality of the Europeans. On top of that, the devastation also spread to Africa and Europe through inflation and slavery. In this case, the minor benefits brought by the Columbian Exchange could not offset the huge disadvantages brought by …show more content…
It was often been portrayed as a revolution in people’s livelihood which greatly diversified and improved global society. Admittedly, there were still some merits of Columbian Exchange. Nevertheless, these benefits were built on top of catastrophes throughout the globe. For America, Columbian exchange brought deadly diseases to defenseless native inhabitants, nearly wiping the entire Native Americans race. For Europe, the immense quantity of silver caused great inflation throughout the continent. For Africa, the demand of labor source in America prompted the extensive slave trade, forcing numerous people work under harsh conditions. With all of the destruction caused by Columbian Exchange, it surely was a curse rather than a boon to
The Europeans brought many essential technologies to the Native Americans. For example, before Europeans arrived, Native Americans didn’t have a written language, so Native Americans later learned alphabet from the Europeans. Also, European brought the knowledge of agriculture to the Native Americans. The agricultural improvements helped Native Americans to produce more foods and improve living conditions. Furthermore, Europeans taught Native Americans the use of advance weaponry. Native American started to use steel knives and guns to hunt animals instead of obsidian daggers and bows, which were less effective and durable. However, these trivial advantages didn’t compensate for the devastation created by the Europeans. Although the lives of the survived Native Americans improved, the majority of Native Americans, which was ninety five percent of the total population, was killed by the diseases and brutality of the Europeans. On top of that, the devastation also spread to Africa and Europe through inflation and slavery. In this case, the minor benefits brought by the Columbian Exchange could not offset the huge disadvantages brought by …show more content…
It was often been portrayed as a revolution in people’s livelihood which greatly diversified and improved global society. Admittedly, there were still some merits of Columbian Exchange. Nevertheless, these benefits were built on top of catastrophes throughout the globe. For America, Columbian exchange brought deadly diseases to defenseless native inhabitants, nearly wiping the entire Native Americans race. For Europe, the immense quantity of silver caused great inflation throughout the continent. For Africa, the demand of labor source in America prompted the extensive slave trade, forcing numerous people work under harsh conditions. With all of the destruction caused by Columbian Exchange, it surely was a curse rather than a boon to