HIST 125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Smallpox, Columbian Exchange
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Purchase a bluebook and bring it to section on thursday! European plants and animals are also brought to the americas. Columbus"s voyages were rapidly copied by other countries. By 1520, european voyages had discovered most of the east coast of america. Board label people give to the process of biological exchange between the americas and the rest of the world. Major effect on globe- new crops reshaped subsistence patterns. ~ 5 plants- maize/corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, cassava/manioc/yuca. ~ grow well in dry areas, help support tripling of the chinese population. ~ mid-1530"s mexico produced enough wheat to support growing caribbean population. ~ smallpox = most spectacular but other diseases were also devastating. ~ europeans made it hierarchical but believe in the christian idea of unity. New systems of thinking about differences in people. Plantation: a large scale agricultural enterprise devoted to growing a single crop as a commodity for market.
