How were the Americas positively and negatively affected by the Columbian exchange?

Answer 1

positives: it brought trade and new goods to Europe and Africa, established relationships between the world as a whole (excluding Asia, sorry Asia!), created a new source of wealth for the europeans

negatives: it killed a lot of people in the new world due to conquering and disease, slavery, disease spread

Answer 2

It is hard to say that there are really any positives to colonialism. Colonialism is the name given to the practice of gaining control of homes different peoples through out the world using force of arms. this is in fact no less then armed robbery. the advantages were that people became wealthy as a result of the property and hard work of people that could not defend themselves against aggression. There was a saying that Was used in schools as late as the 60s that spoke of the dark races as the white mans burden. The real burden was carrying of the dark mans wealth like a thief in the day. The burden now is to make good the political mess that has been left behind by colonialism.

Answer 3

There were many new animals and plants in the Americas that Europeans had never seen. And, Europeans brought plants and animals to the New World that America had never seen. The Colombian Exchange was also a cultural exchange. New agricultural developments were traded, economic activity and opportunities opened up between the New and Old Worlds, and new ideas were exchanged.

Answer 4

People say that the Columbian Exchange occurred but it really didn't benefit the people of the New World very much.

We usually describe this in purely economic terms, but it is also biological. Researchers increasingly think that the most important cargo on these early transoceanic voyages was not silk and tons of silver but plants and animals, many of them accidental stowaways.
Before Columbus, the parasites that cause malaria were rampant in Eurasia and Africa but unknown in the Americas. Transported in the bodies of sailors, malaria may have crossed the ocean as early as Columbus's second voyage. Yellow fever, malaria's frequent companion, soon followed.
For the New World was the loss of 90 percent of the native population due to diseases that they never had seen before. There had been about 80 million and only around 720,000 were left. The land appeared to be empty.
From the Old World to the New: The deadly smallpox, malaria, yellow fever, gonorrhea, chlamydia, common cold, measles, influenza, chickenpox, cattle, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, slaves from Africa, barley, wheat, rye, sugar cane, coffee, dandelions and ragweed.
From the New World to the Old: Tobacco, syphilis, corn, squash, beans, most importantly potatoes, turkeys, llamas, peanuts, pumpkins and peppers.

Answer 5

the positives were that people brought food clothing and new foods

Answer 6

Abundant crops and livestock were two positive effects of the Columbian exchange.

Answer 7

They made it