Tyler+Beaird

The Columbian Exchange Act The Columbian Exchange act had a negative effect on many people. In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived with his large crew to the new world. The Indians thought he was a mad man. This belief was warranted with all the negative things the Europeans brought with them. The indigenous population was reduced by about 90% from the diseases the Europeans brought such as smallpox.  On the positive side, Europeans discovered new crops such as tobacco, cocoa, corn, beans, potatoes and other goods. This created a surplus of food for the people and all the imported animals brought over. Even though they experienced a new world with new food, land, ect, was it really worth it from all the lives that ended?  Because the Indians new so much about the land, that made them the perfect candidates to be slaves. That’s why many of them were beaten, starved, and sent to work in mines.  Many positive things came from the Columbian Exchange Act but the Negative out ways it all. If Columbus had not found the new world, how would today look? Would we have such high technology that allows us to reach such great goals? Or would we have even better Technology? These questions are difficult to answer but the real point is that nothing can change the outcome of the many deaths of the Original inhabitants of the Americas.