It became a connection between the eastern and western hemispheres, connected by the Atlantic Ocean which was described as the “New sea bridge” because launched transportation of plants, animals, people, food, and ideas. Ever since the discovery of America by Columbus the Columbian exchange has been in effect still today we trade goods and ideas all around the world. Many European colonist settled and conquered the new land along with Africans as their slaves. The old world introduced the new world with more goods than the other way around, their technology advances were better, and had more resources such as livestock, plants. The exchange helped the natives gain animals, guns, gun powder, ships, and many other goods at the expense of their land. The new world revolutionized England with the use of tobacco and it became of high use. The old world gained a greater contribution with the exploration of Christopher Columbus not only did they gain different crops, such as corn and potatoes, but they also became the dominant people with their diseases killing the natives of the land. The exchange however, was not just that of goods and ideas, the plagues and sickness traveled with them from Europe to the new world which caused the death of millions of Native Americans. The Native Americans also gave diseases to the Europeans that they took back home with them like syphilis, however it was nothing in …show more content…
Conquistadors and explorers claimed territory all throughout South America and forced Native Americans to surrender using harsh methods. One of the conquistadors, Francisco Pizarro, abducted the Incan emperor which resulted in large amounts of silver and gold, it was one of their greatest treasures acquired. Cortez also conquered land by fighting millions of Indians in their own land. Hernan Cortez’s army had better “military technology” as described in the book, in result it helped them win the fight and conquered riches within the land. Spain was able to acquire the treasure because the Indians would either surrender their land or because it was viciously taken from them. Spain’s success was due to the many expeditions of the explorers, never giving up and always going to different areas, coast to coast, searching for land. Not every single explorer made it some were killed in the process while others failed in creating civilization, after many attempts they only seized one