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DeVaughn Mitchell
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Columbian Exchange Response
The Columbian Exchange was an act of methodized expansion overseas, of which was
initially conducted by the renowned navigator, Christopher Columbus, in 1492. He was an Italian
agent, and his voyages to the Americas were funded by Spain (Brooks, pg. 108). The goal was to
establish commodious trade routes to Asia, and given this information, Columbus must have
stumbled upon the Americas, as far as evidence (Brooks, pg. 106). The three primary outcomes
expected from this infiltration was resource exploitation, colonization, and earthworks to sustain
newfound business, agriculture, and method of settlement. Spain, known for their search and
acquisition of bullion, became aware of the surplus of bullion in the Americas, and hired
Christopher Columbus to perform exploration obligations. Overseas trade and foreign
colonization bossed the Amerinidians. The Amerindians adapted to horseback customs and
adopted the practice of Christianity to achieve social peace with the Europeans. The momentary
absence of natural predators allowed opportune breeding of livestock. However, the surplus of
business and cultural blending was not enough to the Europeans, as their mission to expand
brought about a byproduct of germ warfare and a secondary outcome pertaining to the
subjugation of Amerindians (Brooks, pg. 107). Germ warfare reached the Native Americans at an
abrupt timing, as a defensive method was to be sustained upon the time of foreign acquisition
efforts. Most of these pathogenic afflictions did not exist in the Americas until the arrival of
European trade (Brooks, pg. 108). Transference of agriculture was also the culprit, as the
subordinates of the colonizers and their animals brought infectious disease that had bedeviled
most of Europe. The indigenous people envisioned ecological doom, as they believed that the
anthropogenic disturbances such as mining, subsistence contention and unrestricted controlment
of migration drivers from Europeans would disrupt the ecological parameters already put in
place by the Amerindians (UNT, par. 7, 2007). At a time of significant trade, demographic
transition, and geographic surpassment, Native Americans were defeated by the supplantive
efforts and racial antagonism perpetrated by the Europeans.
Works Cited
Brooks, Christopher. Western Civilization: A Concise History. Vol. 2.: Creative Commons, 2020.
UNT. "Biological Exchange." University of North Texas. 2007.
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