In 1492'''

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In 1492...
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In 1492...
Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
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• Debates regarding Columbus
• Was he the first non-native American to reach the
  New World?
• Should Columbus be honored with a national
  holiday?

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• Sustained contact between the New and Old Worlds

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• Sustained contact between the New and Old Worlds
• Beginning of globalization

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• Sustained contact between the New and Old Worlds
• Beginning of globalization
• Worldwide repercussions

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• Columbian Exchange

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Columbian Exchange

• Disease

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I solemnly swear that all the houses and
stockades in the lake were full of heads and
corpses. It was the same in the streets and
courts.... We could not walk without treading on
the bodies and heads of dead Indians. I have
read about the destruction of Jerusalem, but I do
not think the mortality was greater there than
here in Mexico.... Indeed, the stench was so bad
that no one could endure it ... and even Cortes
was ill from the odors which assailed his
nostrils." - Bernal Diaz
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Pizarro seizing the Inca of Peru Painting by Sir
John Everett Millais, 1845
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The First Thanksgiving at Plymouth Painted by
Jennie A. Brownscombe, 1914
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Samuel de Champlain trading with the natives,
early 17th century. Painting by C.W. Jefferys
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Columbian Exchange

• Disease
• Animals

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Columbian Exchange

• Disease
• Animals
• Plants

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• Summary
• Exchange of disease, plants and animals
• Decreased Native American populations
• Increased Old World populations
• Economic consequences
• Began process of global economic interdependency
• Cultural change
• Increased use of African slaves in America

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Homework Write a 1-2 page paper of an example
of the Columbian Exchange at work. This will be a
case study of a modern country that changed an
aspect of its culture due to the Columbian
exchange. Explain what the change was, how and
when it occurred, and what it has meant for that
particular country.