Consequences+of+the+Colombian+Exchange

__The Consequences of the Colombian Exchange__ In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue; a line that many of us have heard and thought man that Columbus guy is a hero but in reality he didn't do that great of things. He brought many diseases to the new world like the bubonic plague, chicken pox, cholera, common cold, influenza, leprosy, malaria, measles, scarlet fever, tuberculosis, typhoid, typhus, yellow fever, yaws, and smallpox. __Population Loss__ Smallpox killed many Native Americans.The indigenous people of the Americas had no immunity to this new disease so it wiped out a a lot of the population. The population data isn't very accurate from back then but the population loss estimate ranges from 50 to 90 percent of the population lost. __Deforestation__ When the migrants came over to the Americas they caused a lot of deforestation. They cleared the land for agriculture. When you don't have trees to suck up the carbon dioxide you get a larger than average amount of carbon dioxide in the air. The amount of carbon dioxide in the air messed up the climate of the area. Invasive species were spread during this time which caused animals to change their diets and in serious cases deforestation. <-Deforestation __Trade__ A lot of trade was going on during the Colombian exchange. They traded Domestic Animals and Domestic Plants. The plants made agriculture big over in the Americas. The agriculture let people grow their own food. The migrants had to have somewhere to grow their food so they cleared the land. __Politics__ Europe gained power over the Ottoman and Asia lost power. Capitalism began during the Colombian Exchange. Europe became the capitalist. They had most of the worlds power at the time. The problem they had though was to have an army you must have food and they were using corn to feed the livestock in Europe. Female cows were more important than male cows because they gave milk and offspring. Female chickens gave eggs. Another political affect of the Colombian Exchange was the wars over gold. __Economy__ Gold was coming into Europe from America. There was piracy in the seas because of the gold that was floating around in the waters. The English were the pirates. They had the Spanish do all the work then they stole it off Spanish ships. The power shifts from Asia to Europe. Asia used to have all the resources but Europe stole their power. Inflammation doesn't matter to Europe because they have tons of money continuously coming in. Slaves were coming to the new world from Africa. The Settlers of the new land used the slaves for many reasons one being using the knowledge of the African people to establish rice growing in the new world.. The slaves also carried disease from Africa to the new world