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Impact of Columbus

Impact of Columbus. U.S. History. Background. While Columbus was personally responsible for many atrocities carried out against the Arawak , his actions also opened the doors for other Europeans who followed him.

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Impact of Columbus

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  1. Impact of Columbus U.S. History

  2. Background • While Columbus was personally responsible for many atrocities carried out against the Arawak, his actions also opened the doors for other Europeans who followed him. • Spanish conquistadors such as Hernan Cortes (Mexico) and Francisco Pizarro (Peru) dominated the Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru. • Their objectives were to find gold and spread Christianity.

  3. Conquistadors Hernan Cortes Francisco Pizarro

  4. Columbian Exchange • The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas. • From Europe/ Asia /Africa: wheat, coffee, rice, chicken, cattle, horses, disease( smallpox) • From Americas: beans, potatoes, tomatoes, squash, maize (corn), peppers, tobacco, turkeys, cocoa

  5. Conquistadors

  6. Columbian Exchange

  7. The Impact of Disease • As mentioned in Zinn, European contact had a brutal impact on the native peoples of the Americas. • Europeans had developed immunity, but diseases like smallpox, cholera, and typhus were lethal to natives. • Natives were overworked and underfed, making them more vulnerable to disease. • Population in Hispaniola declined from 300,000 in 1492 to 500 by 1548 to 0 by 1650.

  8. Beginning of Slavery • Because the native populations had been decimated, Europeans needed to look elsewhere for labor to work on plantations in their colonies. • This led to the enslavement and forced migration of millions of Africans to the Americas.

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