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Objective: SWBAT recognize the importance
of the Columbian Exchange on the world.
Set Sail: “Colonies provided markets for European
goods.”
What does the sentence above mean?
A. Colonies bought the goods that Europeans
made.
B. Europeans bought the goods that colonies
made.
C. Colonies had several stores where Europeans
shopped.
D. Colonies gave their raw materials to the
Europeans.
Questions
• How did cows end up in the United States?
• What happened to the native peoples living in
the Americas?
• Why is most of Latin America Catholic today?
Try to answer one of these questions using the
source on your table.
"For the natives, they are neere all dead of Small poxe, so
as the Lord hathe cleared our title to what we possess."
– John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay
Colony
Small Pox Virus
Aztec drawings of smallpox
victims.
The Requirement
Spanish invaders where required to read a
document called “The Requirement” out loud
to the natives before moving onto their
territory. “The Requirement” outlined the
Christian worldview and informed the Indians
that the Pope had given Spain control over
Latin America? The Indians were told that if
they converted and accepted Spanish rule,
they’d be treated fairly – but if they refused,
they’d be killed.
Columbian Exchange
• The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of
goods, disease, and ideas between Europe
and the Americas.
Why do you
think this
trade is called
the
“Columbian
Exchange?
Which question does this
answer?
How did cows end up in
the United States?
From the
Americas
Goods
• European traders transported foods from the
Americas to Europe, and from Europe to the
Americas. This changed the diet of people
throughout the world.
– Examples of foods from the Americas: potatoes,
beans, maize, squash, tomatoes, and chocolate
– Examples of foods from Europe, Asia, and Africa:
domesticated animals, sugar, and wheat.
From Europe,
Asia, and Africa
Before 1492, there were no tomatoes
in Italy, no pineapples in Hawaii, no
potatoes in Ireland, no oranges in
Florida, and no cattle in Texas.
Why were these important food
crops missing in these areas before
1492?
Practice
• What was the trade of goods between Europe, Asia,
and Africa with the Americas called?
• What happened in 1492 that allowed for this trade?
• Use the symbols on the map to determine where each
of these goods existed before 1492:
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–
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–
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Pumpkins
Peaches
Tomatoes
Turkeys
Rice
• Where did pumpkins, turkeys, and tomatoes get traded
after 1492?
"For the natives, they are neere all dead of Small poxe, so
as the Lord hathe cleared our title to what we possess."
– John Winthrop, first governor of Massachusetts Bay
Colony
Smallpox Virus
Aztec drawings of smallpox
victims.
Which question does this
answer?
What happened to the
native peoples living in
the Americas?
Disease
• Diseases, like smallpox, measles, and flu, were
brought from Europe to Native Americans in
the Americas.
• Since the Native people had never been
exposed to the diseases, their bodies were not
able to fight them off, and thousands died.
Historians think Smallpox killed
90% of the native populations of
the Americas. Europeans were
not affected by the diseases
because their bodies had
developed anti-bodies to them.
How did the Columbian Exchange affect
populations in the Americas and Europe? Why?
Practice
• What was one of the most important effects
of Europeans exploration in the Americas via
the Columbian Exchange, in relation to the
Native Americans?
• How did the diseases brought by European
explorers affect Native Americans?
• Why did Europeans not die from the Smallpox
outbreaks like the Native Americans did?
The Requirement
Which question does this
answer?
Spanish invaders where required to read a
document called “The Requirement” out loud
to the natives before moving onto their
territory. “The Requirement” outlined the
Christian worldview and informed the Indians
that the Pope had given Spain control over
Latin America? The Indians were told that if
they converted and accepted Spanish rule,
they’d be treated fairly – but if they refused,
they’d be killed.
Why is most of Latin
America Catholic today?
Ideas
• European explorers often
forced Native Americans
to convert to Christianity.
– Europeans thought they
were saving the Native
Americans.
– If Native Americans
refused to convert to
Christianity, they were
killed.
– Some missionaries
campaigned to stop the
torture of native people.
Practice
• What was spread to the Americas besides
disease and goods?
• How was Christianity spread to the Americas?
Spain weren’t the only ones trading…
• The French explored the
St Lawrence River, Great
Lakes, and the
Mississippi River.
• The French set up
trading posts in these
areas.
Practice
• Where did the French explore?
• What did they do there?