Tyler+Herring

Tyler Herring Per.7th 2/17/11    Colombian Exchange, good? Or bad? The Colombian exchange affected the world in 1492with a very positive affect because Europe had just “found a new trade route to India” well at least that’s what they thought for a little while. Also it was very positive because the Europeans discovered what they were lacking… land. Also another way the Colombian exchange had a positive effect on the world was the spices and food products they found there that they didn’t have in India, Or Europe like Cocoa, papaya, mangoes, nuts, corn, potatoes, and the animal that would improve the European diet and the country itself, The turkey. Even though the Europeans brought disease that killed off 90 percent of the native population, over many generations the 10 percent that did survive built up immunities for the diseases the Europeans brought from their home land.
 * The Europeans also brought over all of their countries goods like, fig, peach, pear and apple trees, bees because they pollinate everything better and other plants and animals. If Europe would not have brought those animals and plants over the new world would not have been possible.