Columbus Discovery of the New World

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Columbus Discovery of the New World by Mind Map: Columbus Discovery of the New World

1. Colonoization

1.1. Spanish

1.1.1. Build homes

1.1.1.1. Florida

1.1.1.2. California

1.1.1.3. Central America

1.1.1.4. Mexico

1.1.1.5. South America

1.1.2. Instant riches

1.2. French

1.2.1. Trapped otters and beavers

1.2.2. Set up trading posts

1.2.3. Claimed the city of Quebec

1.3. Dutch

1.3.1. Claimed the land along the river (Hudson Bay)

1.3.2. Claimed New Amsterdam (Later named New York)

1.4. English

1.4.1. Initial establishment in Virginia (Jamestown)

1.4.1.1. Interested in gold more than they were in planting crops

1.4.2. Pilgrims interested in religious freedom

1.4.2.1. Landed on plymouth colony

2. Establishment of the Thirteen Colonies

2.1. Escape

2.1.1. Hunger

2.1.2. War

2.1.3. Religious Persecution

2.2. Mass Immigration

2.2.1. New England

2.2.1.1. Rocky infertile soil leading to difficult farm life

2.2.1.1.1. Most turned to whalers and fishers

2.2.2. Middle

2.2.2.1. Rich and fertile soil

2.2.2.1.1. Most became commercial farmers and sold their extra crops

2.2.3. Southern

2.2.3.1. Weed

2.2.3.2. Tobacco

2.2.3.3. Exported rice and indigo

2.2.3.3.1. Needed cheap labor

3. The Columbian Exchange

3.1. Disease

3.1.1. Smallpox

3.1.2. Measles

3.1.3. Yellow Fever

3.1.4. Typhus

3.2. Food

3.2.1. European Food

3.2.1.1. Rye

3.2.1.2. Wheat

3.2.1.3. Barley

3.2.2. Mediterranean Plantation Crops

3.2.2.1. Bananas

3.2.2.2. Citrus

3.2.3. Sugar

3.3. Drugs

3.3.1. Coffee

3.3.2. Tobacco

3.4. Ecological Unbalance

3.5. Economical Unbalance

3.5.1. Population decrease leading to labor shortage

3.5.1.1. Slavery