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Trade Across Continents 2.1

Trade Across Continents 2.1. Trade Across Continents. Spanish settlers Grew cash crops: sugarcane, tobacco, coffee, and citrus fruits Used natives as work force, many died when exposed to European and African diseases( small pox, measles, and malaria )

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Trade Across Continents 2.1

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  1. Trade Across Continents 2.1

  2. Trade Across Continents • Spanish settlers • Grew cash crops: sugarcane, tobacco, coffee, and citrus fruits • Used natives as work force, many died when exposed to European and African diseases( small pox, measles, and malaria ) • Spanish replaced natives with African slaves, beginning 300 years of slavery in the Americas

  3. New Trade Changes the World • Triangular trade develops between Europe, Africa and Americas • Spain’s wealth from trade caused other nations to join the race for profit and to colonize( Imperialism) • Portugal, France and Britain began to compete for trade and colonies- caused tensions and is a root cause for future wars

  4. Columbian Exchange 2.2 • Trade brought about the exchange of plants, animals, diseases and ideas. Became known as the Columbian exchange.

  5. Columbian Exchange New World to Old World Old World to New World Animals: cat, camel, chicken, cow, donkey, ferret, goat, goose, honey bee, horse, rabbit, pig, rock pigeon, sheep, silkworm, water buffalo, guinea fowl • Animals: alpaca, American mink, guinea pig, llama, Muscovy duck, turkey

  6. Columbian Exchange New World to Old World Old World to New World Plants: watermelon, black pepper, apple, apricot, peach, asparagus, banana, barley, beet, broccoli, cabbage, kale, cauliflower, bustle sprouts, cantaloupe, carrot, coffee, clove, garlic, cinnamon, cucumber, date, fig, grapes, olive, tea, lettuce and many more • Plants: agave, amaranth, arrowroot, avocado, common beans, black raspberry, bell pepper, blueberry, cashew, chili peppers, cranberries, coca, cocoa, , cotton, guava, huckleberry, artichoke, jicama, maize, cassava, papaya, passion fruit, peanut, pecan, quinine and many more

  7. Columbian Exchange New World to Old World Old World to New World Diseases: bubonic plague, chicken pox, small pox, cholera, common cold, diphtheria, influenza, leprosy, malaria, measles, scarlet fever, typhoid, typhus, whooping cough, yellow fever • Diseases: bejel, Chagas disease, pinta

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