The Columbian Exchange began because Christopher Columbus discovered North America in the search of a sea route to India. He believed he had found India but the rest of the world realized that he had found something more. The race for new land and resources was led by Spain and Portugal and soon after they were followed by the rest of Europe. The Columbian Exchange was born with New World goods such as corn and roosters being sent to Europe and Old world goods like guns and horses being sent to the Americas.
The Columbian Exchange had many long-term effects. The long-term effects would be the destruction of native american populations and the european hold over the new world. Because the europeans brought diseases with them that the natives had no immunity to they were
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The population in some of the areas of the old world were able to rapidly increase and sustain themselves with the surplus of new food and animals that had been transported from the new world. Hunting and farming was able to be done much more efficiently in the new world because of the many animals, such as the horse, that had been transported from the old world. However the columbian exchange also had some downfalls for everyone. With the rapid amount of gold and silver that was being brought back from the new world, the old world saw a rapid rise of prices which would eventually bse called the price revolution. The constant shiploads between both worlds also brought diseases to both sides. The population of native american took a big impact from some of the diseases that were transported from the old world. Smallpox, measles, and malaria were just a couple of the common diseases that killed many native americans. The old world also faced a lot of deadly diseases, such as syphilis. These diseases decimated many populations in both worlds and even eliminated some native american