Impacts of Christopher Columbus' "discovery" of the New world, on both Europe and the Americas
by Mohammad AlMutairi
1. Native Americans Marginalized
1.1. Europeans take over plantation system
1.2. Diseases spread and kill all native Americans
1.3. Native Americans used for forced labor
2. Europeans Mass migration to North America
2.1. Treaty of Tordesillas was signed
2.2. National rivalries in Europe begin (between Spain and Portugal)
2.3. Europeans outnumbered by Native Americans
3. The Columbian exchange was discovered following the discovery of North America.
3.1. Trade between North America and Europe began
3.2. Diseases such as Smallpox spread through North America from the Europeans.
3.3. Fruits and Vegetables never seen before by Europeans are traded from the Native Americans
3.4. Livestock is taken to North America which makes transportation easy.
