BELLWORK: The Colombian Exchange

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BELLWORK The Colombian Exchange

• Explain the interaction between the Taino and
  Columbus crew.
• How were Europeans able to conquer the Americas
  so easily?
• Which diseases were transferred between the New
  and Old Worlds? Why were Natives so susceptible
  to disease? How did it effect their populations?
• Which old world plants/animals created problems
  for the New World? Why?
• Why did Europeans start using Africans as slaves
  instead of natives?
• THINKER Do you think the Colombian Exchange was
  more of an advantage or disadvantage to the New
  World? Explain!

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Columbian Exchange

• Columbian Exchange Exchange of animals, plants,
  cultures, slaves, and diseases between the New
  World and the Old World.
• Traded crops and livestock
• Diseases, especially smallpox, killed 50-90 of
  Native populations.
• First appearance of African slaves

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Old World Native Plants

• Citrus, apple, banana, mango, rice, wheat,
  coffee, and onion.

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New World Native Plants

• Corn, tomato, potato, vanilla, rubber, cocoa, and
  tobacco.

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Smallpox
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Colonial Migration

• Why did people move to the new colonies in the
  Americas?

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European Control of the New World

• What did each of the European Powers want from
  the New World?
• Spain America is a wealth base and trade route
  not land to be developed.
• France Canadian forests fur
• England Valued land ownership and saw
  opportunity/freedom in America.
• Portugal Money for their empire

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Spanish Colonial Migration

• Reasons for Spanish Migration
• Achieve political freedom
• Escape conflict
• Rural poverty
• Urban congestion
• Freedom from Catholic rule and policies
• Available farm land

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English Colonial Migration

• English colonists originally migrated for three
  reasons
• Freedom of religion
• Freedom to keep their own money
• Freedom from royal oppression

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Themes in the English Colonies

• Freedom of Religion
• Maryland Catholic
• Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritan
• Pennsylvania Quaker
• Rhode Island 1st to allow choice of religion

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Themes in the English Colonies

• Pursuit of economic freedom, particularly land
  ownership and private property.
• Companies invested in the development of colonies
• Indentured servants could come to America and
  earn land

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Themes in the English Colonies

• Colonies created political institutions similar
  to England, but with more protection from the
  government
• 1620 Mayflower Compact established a civil
  government
• Englands Declaration of Rights established
  freedom of speech, due process, right to bare
  arms, and forbade cruel and unusual punishment

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