Historian Alfred Cosby coined the phrase “Columbian Exchange” to depict the exchange of plants, animals and disease between the Old World and New World following Christopher Columbus’s arrival to the New World in 1492. The Columbian Exchange was a revolutionary time period for both the Old World and the New World as it transformed each area in both positive and negative ways. Primarily, the main impacts of the exchange were transformations of the people, animals, plants, food, minerals and commerce in the two areas. Specifically, the Old Word introduced the New World to livestock such as cows, pigs and horses, and agricultural plants like wheat, rice and sugar cane. In return, the New World presented the Old World with potatoes, corn, beans…
Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the New World had a negative effect. Columbus’s actions caused many problems. After he discovered the New World, social classes were formed, which caused internal conflicts between the people. The Europeans placed themselves higher in society than the natives. Another problem with the arrival of the Europeans was the spreading of new diseases that in essence lead to the Genocide of the Native Americans. While the Europeans were settling and starting new lives,…
Zinn and James Loewen it made it easier to understand how the history that has been included in textbooks is manipulated and altered by certain groups of people. People of which include Texas Education Board members like Don McLeroy, Mary Lou Bruner, and Cynthia Dunbar. After the readings, it wasn’t hard to see that most of the stories that were taught to us differ greatly from what actually happened. History textbooks have complicated the learning of history by lying about important details and…
your land, claimed it as theirs, reaped it of all it’s resources, and killed off millions of your kind either directly, through wars and pillaging, or indirectly, through diseases and alien animals, would you be complacent at all with them being praised as a hero of their time? In this paper, reasons why Columbus’ discovery of the Americas did not make the world a better place will be explained. Native Americans were killed in the millions, alien plants and animals wiped out native foliage and…
After almost three decades of war in Europe the European nations were imposed to create colonies around the world this was known as the commercial revolution which brought colonial, economic and land expansion . The European empire spread throughout the world from the Portuguese in Africa, the British in India to the Spanish in the Philippines, but one discoveries in 1492 had a greater effect on the world. In 1492 a man by the name Christopher Columbus founded the Americas which forced the…
European to cross North America. De Vaca went on an expedition with 600 men, but ended with only a couple hundred left when they were desperately trying to find a landing place. The difference about how Cabot and De Vaca came across North America is that Cabot found it by accident and it wasn’t a dangerous exploration, it was simply a new discovery; now, as…
their own ways, the individualities between the two regions is explained by the isolation the Atlantic ocean gave them. The hemispheres had no idea of the others existence until the late 15th century. The Eastern hemisphere had resources at their disposal to help travel vast regions. Horses and camels enabled them to transport heavy materials, which help build kingdoms and empires. The Western Hemisphere went without this vital commodity, adapted to their environment in different less advanced…
During the age of voyage, many captains and sailors sailed to the new continents with the support from a rich merchant or a royalty benefactor. The captains of the ships would then report important features about the new continent to his sponsor through his letters. The Letters written by Christopher Columbus and the “Second Letter to The Spanish Crown” written by Hernan Cortés are the two examples of explorers who wrote letters to convey their historical discoveries. The two authors share a…
All around the world there are families enduring major financial difficulties, who are just trying to make ends meet in order to survive. Living through these kinds of experiences has harmful effects on everyone involved, especially if it leads to domestic violence. Domestic violence is extremely prevalent in our world, and the damaging effects it has on families changes the outcome of children’s futures. In a study written by Alvina Kubeka she concluded, “...I would argue that exposure to…
brought over which was spread quickly causing the death of many natives. During the years 1492 through 1502 Christopher Columbus went on an adventure to explore the world to find a new water route west from Europe to Asia, he failed, instead he encountered Native…