The transatlantic trade and the Columbian exchange, greatly influence the way the people on both sides of the world lead their lives. The Columbian exchange is the the trade of plants minerals and diseases, which in some ways benefited and in some ways harmed and even destroyed the civilizations involved. Transatlantic trade refers to the actual act of trading and its economic implications. The societies involved in the trade can be divided into two simple parts, the conquerors and the conquered, in other words, only the Europeans benefited from the transatlantic trade. The transatlantic trade was started by the Europeans and therefore the native populations were simply in the way for European expansion and had to be dealt with appropriately. The world, during this time period, changed forever but many domains of the world saw little shift as a result of the changing foreign policy.
Following the massive influx of goods in the transatlantic trade system the value of the Spanish economy experienced a shift. Despite the fact that the Spanish found a considerable amount of …show more content…
People in Europe shared one thing with the New world settlers and that was the feeling that the European is superior to other people's or racism. At this time the Spanish inquisition had just taken hold and this may have been the cause of Native American enslavement. The functions of men a women did not change during the era of the Colombian exchange simply because there was no need to change them. The main reason that their was little change in Europe is because there were other thing going on specifically the Protestant Reformation, the Spanish Inquisition and Religious wars. So simply the actions of a handful of explorers and traders halfway across the world, did not make the type of impact on the common man's life the as the event happening in his own
Following the massive influx of goods in the transatlantic trade system the value of the Spanish economy experienced a shift. Despite the fact that the Spanish found a considerable amount of …show more content…
People in Europe shared one thing with the New world settlers and that was the feeling that the European is superior to other people's or racism. At this time the Spanish inquisition had just taken hold and this may have been the cause of Native American enslavement. The functions of men a women did not change during the era of the Colombian exchange simply because there was no need to change them. The main reason that their was little change in Europe is because there were other thing going on specifically the Protestant Reformation, the Spanish Inquisition and Religious wars. So simply the actions of a handful of explorers and traders halfway across the world, did not make the type of impact on the common man's life the as the event happening in his own