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The Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange brought European plants, animals & disease to the New World, including the horse Sent new plants and animals to the Old World, including potatoes, corn, tomatoes and other crops. European plants & animals changed the American environment

Columbian Exchange Banana (Europe) Sweet Potato (North America) Citrus Fruits (Europe) Tobacco (America) Coffee Beans (Europe [via Middle East]) Tomato (America) Grains (wheat, rice, barley, oats) (Europe) Turkey (America) Vanilla (America) Grape (Europe) Avocado (America) Horse (Europe) Corn (America) Olive (Europe) Peanut (America) Onion (Europe) Peppers (America) Peach & Pear (Europe) Pineapple (America) Pig (Europe) Potato (America) Sheep (Europe) Pumpkin (America) Turnip (Europe) Squash (America) Sugar Cane (Europe [via Asia before 1492]) Chocolate (America)

Power Struggle in Early America Native peoples of America had complex cultures Important to remember that 95% of Native Americans killed by European diseases (Thank you, Columbian Exchange!)

The Columbian Exchange Transforms the European Diet Potatoes brought from America can survive European warfare Potatoes originally food for peasants Result: huge growth in European population Tomatoes, turkeys, corn, coffee, chocolate, tobacco & sugar change European diet

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