1. Overview of the Columbian Exchange
Disease was another dimension of the Columbian Exchange with catastrophic consequences for Native Americans. ... The Native Americans could not protect themselves from disease in the same way they could not stop the invading Europeans. ... Decades after Europe discovered America, Europeans, Native Americans, and Africans began to interact. ... This economy had a devastating effect on Africa and reaped agricultural wealth and materials from the Americas on the basis of free labor from Africans and Native Americans. ... They would also exploit the wilderness and destroy indigenous culture...
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