Sabrina+Dwyer

=Columbian Exchange. = =We can give a big thanks to the one man who made the life we live today even remotely possible. Christopher Columbus is he who came about this New World, the Americas. In a simple search for the easiest path to India, he came across something much more interesting than his intentions. Queen Isabella was pleases to be informed that this New World had people to convert, land to conquer, and best of all- riches to take in. That one mix up of not ending up in India, led to a huge expansion that was going to benefit many. = =Many things were sent back and forth from the Old to the New World, and vise versa. Foods such as cocoa, sugar cane, oranges, bananas, tomatoes, pineapples, fish, mangoes, and corn were examples of Old World exchanges. Out of all the foods, the potatoe was the most beneficial, especially for the Irish. Animals were also a great factor when it came to exchanges. The most popular ones to exchange were cattle, pigs, llamas, sheep, mules, and cows. Horses were a big help to the New World. They were never used in the Americas for anything until the Columbian Exchange. There was no way the Inidans could fight against the horse, so instead they chose to accept it and take adavntage of the tasks it was capable of. This unique animal ended up casuing a huge impact ont he way work was taken care of- it would travel long distances and made getting food much easier. As for the largest impact on the India's diet came the turkey. = =One of the only downfalls of the Columbian exchange was the diseases that were traced back and forth. The Indian's were cursed with Small Pox, as the Europeans were cursed with the French Pox. When you pay attention to how many people were invloved in this exchange, there was bound to be some illnesses to be present. If that was the worse thing to take place during this wonderous adventure, things looked pretty bright. = =The Columus Exchange was due to an omission but lead to some of the greatest events for, not only, the Europeans and Indians, but us! How we live today could be the exact opposite if Christopher Columbus hadn't discovered the New World, and as much exchanging through out it never happened. =