Columbian Exchange! by Nettie https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c Discovering the New World en-us 2016-09-04 02:02:35 UTC 2024-06-27 23:44:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Tent.png 1491 aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121468353 The year before everything began; the year before Columbus's arrival.

Native Americans had their own way of life before the colonization of Europeans. 
The year 1492, when Columbus arrived, the lives of the Native Americans drastically changed. ]]> 2016-09-04 02:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121468353 What is the Columbian Exchange? nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121492483 It was the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the New World (Americas) and the Old World (Afro-Eurasia). 
]]> 2016-09-04 16:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121492483 Columbian Exchange Effects (Europe) nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121493573
  • European motivation --> search for new ways to gain wealth, economic and miltary competition, and wanting to spread Christianity
  • Brought new crops to Europe from Americas --> increased the European population  
  • New sources of mineral wealth, --> helped Europeans change from feudalism to captialism   
  • Economies of Europe and Americas changed --> improvements in maritime technologies and methods for international trade (joint-stock companies)

    • ]]>     2016-09-04 16:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121493573     Columbian Exchange Effects (N. America) nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121494582
  • Spanish conquest of Americas came with widespread deadly epidemics --> destroyed native populations
  • Europeans introduced crops and animals, not found in Americas --> improved lives of Native Americans
  • Encomienda system --> Spanish forced Native Americans to work/support plantation agriculture and extract precious metals 
  • Once native population decreased --> Spanish imported enslaved Africans to do the harsh labor, were seen as "property", not human
  • Spanish developed caste system --> defined the status of Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans
    • ]]>     2016-09-04 17:23:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121494582     Acrostic nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121496489 C olumbus arrived
    O ld world to new world
    L ives of natives were no longer the same
    U nder strict European rule
    M ore food sources, more people, led to population growth
    B ananas were introduced to North America
    I mporting of slaves began
    A fricans were mistreated
    N ative population diminshed due to disease

    E ncomienda system was enforced on natives
    X represents death/disease that was spread by Europeans
    C orn was introduced to Europe
    H orses made a large impact in new world
    A spects of each culture was adopted
    N ew crops facilitated way of living
    G rowing crops led to trading of goods
    E uropeans developed and improved the New world

    ]]>     2016-09-04 18:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121496489     Old World crops nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121499286
  • Rice
  • Wheat
  • Barley
  • Oats
  • Rye
  • Turnips
  • Onions
  • Cabbage
  • Lettuce 
  • Peaches
  • Grapes
  • Pears
  • Sugar
  • Coffee
  • Bananas
  • Olives
    • ]]>     2016-09-04 19:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121499286     Old World domesticated animals nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121510675
  • Dogs
  • Pigs
  • Cattle
  • Goats
  • Sheep 
  • Horses 
  • Donkeys
  • Chickens

    • ]]>     2016-09-04 23:45:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121510675     New World crops nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121511055
  • Potatoes
  • Maize (corn)
  • Peanuts
  • Pumpkin
  • Pineapple
  • Papaya
  • Avocados
  • Peppers
  • Tobacco
  • Manioc
  • Squash 
  • Beans
  • Vanilla
  • Tomatoes
  • Cacao
    • ]]>     2016-09-04 23:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121511055     New World domesticated animals nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121511642
  • Turkeys
  • Llamas
  • Guinea pigs
  • Fowl

    • ]]>     2016-09-05 00:00:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121511642     Diseases from Old World to New World nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121513908
  • Smallpox
  • Yellow fever
  • Measles 
  • Malaria
  • Tuberculosis
  • Alchoholism
  • Whooping cough
  • Influenza
  • Chicken pox

    • ]]>     2016-09-05 00:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121513908     Diseases from New World to Old World nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121514368
  • Syphilis
  • Polio
  • Hepatitis
  • Encephalitis

    • ]]>     2016-09-05 00:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121514368     Fun Fact: Who came up with the term Columbian Exchange? nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121516379 Historian Alfred W. Crosby invented the term "Columbian Exchange". In 1972, he wrote a book called The Columbian Exchange where he tells the story of Columbus's landings in 1492 and the impacts it had on the New World.


    ]]>     2016-09-05 01:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121516379     Famous Quote nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121517899 "Touching these savages, there is a thing I cannot omit to remark to you, it is that it appears visibly that God wishes that they yield their place to new peoples."  - John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony]]> 2016-09-05 01:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121517899 Primary Source nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121519537 Columbus' Journal:
    Friday, 14 September. Steered this day and night west twenty leagues; reckoned somewhat less. The crew of the Nina stated that they had seen a grajao, and a tropic bird, or water-wagtail, which birds never go farther than twenty-five leagues from the land.
    ]]>     2016-09-05 01:54:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121519537     Where was the first encounter between Native Americans and Spanish? aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121606109 The first encounter was in 'Pueblo'. They were farmer tribes, such as; Cherokee.
    ]]>     2016-09-05 14:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121606109     Americans Confederacies  aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121607317 Iroquois: 5 tribes, New York.
    Powhatan: 32 tribes, 3000 warriors, Virginia. ]]>     2016-09-05 14:37:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121607317     European population growth was motivated by... aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121607643 Corn and Potato, American crops. ]]> 2016-09-05 14:41:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121607643 Quick resume of the Columbian Exchange aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121615544 12 minutes,  but they go faster with John Green! ]]> 2016-09-05 16:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121615544 Impact of the Columbian Exchange  aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121616440 The Columbian exchange brought a dramatic change to almost every society of the world; diseases, new crops, religion and culture were exchanged, this, had as greater consequence social and cultural makeup to Europeans and Native Americans.]]> 2016-09-05 16:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121616440 Africa's role in the Columbian Exchange  aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121616762 Sub-Saharan Africans were sent to Cape Verde Islands to produce sugar, the natives of the island revolted or died reason due to the intensity of the labor (working on tropical climate, heat strokes, dehydration...) reason why they're replaced by the Sub-Saharan. 
    ]]>     2016-09-05 16:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121616762     Informational Document on Columbian Exchange nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617057 Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian, professors of economics go in depth on the diseases, crops, and ideas that were going around during this time.]]> 2016-09-05 16:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617057 Concept of Race aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617141 Concept of Race was also a consequence of the Columbian Exchange, more specifically, of the slavery of Africans and Native Americans who were seen as a lower race, sometimes even as not human.]]> 2016-09-05 16:55:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617141 How did slavery became legitimate?  aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617269 Due to the sell of "licenses"; asientos to the European Powers.]]> 2016-09-05 16:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617269 Asientos aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617471 The permission given by the Spanish Crown to sell slaves, helped  to internationalize  the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. ]]> 2016-09-05 17:00:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617471 Interactions between Eurpopeans and Native Americans nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617771
  • At the beginning, there were misunderstandings and conflicts between the groups --> as time went on they adopted some apects of each other's cultures
  • Religous syncretism is the fusion/blending of diverse religious beliefs and practices   -->  after the arrival of Europeans, some native americans followed a personal faith that consisted of traditional and Christian beliefs  
    • ]]>     2016-09-05 17:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617771     How was life as a slave in the sugar plantations? aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617881 The average lifespan of a young African male working in a sugar plantation was 7 years, there was never positive population growth. ]]> 2016-09-05 17:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121617881 Famous Quote nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121618817
    ]]>     2016-09-05 17:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121618817     But... How did Europeans navigated all the way to America in 1492? aa99638 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121618856 There was a major technological advance due to the rebirth of the Renaissance, improving inventions such as map making, shipbuilding, sailing compasses... Things that made it easier for them to explore.


    ]]>     2016-09-05 17:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121618856     Padlet made by: nj00151 https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121621312 Antonietta Alvarez & Nicole Jimenez]]> 2016-09-05 17:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aa99638/8hhdzz4t9v2c/wish/121621312