Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange also known as the Grand Exchange was a sea trade between the "old world" and the "New World". There were a variety of different things being trade such as new animals, food, and materials. Rice, wheat, sugar, Millet, apples, coconuts, banana, oranges, yams and onions are just a few of the foods traded. Food and animals were not the only thing traded in the Columbian Exchange. Diseases were introduced to America's natives. With no immunity to the new diseases, the population decreased dramatically
Before the Columbian Exchange the horse, changed the lives of many Native American tribes on the Great Plain, allowing them to shift to a nomadic lifestyle based on hunting bison on horseback
Tobacco became popular in the new world as a relaxant and a painkiller. Some even thought it was a cure for cancer.
Tobacco became popular in the new world as a relaxant and a painkiller. Some even thought it was a cure for cancer.
The Columbian Exchange is closly related to triangular trade. Both traded sugar, slaves, and manufactured goods.The difference is, the Columbian Exchange route also contained cassava, tobacco, potatoes, horses, diseases, and artillery. In Ireland, when potatoes were importated, there was a huge dependency on potatoes that led to the potato famine because of a disease crops. The Columbian Exchange helps understand most of the changes in the world today.