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Should we view the Columbian Exchange as positive or negative?

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Though there were positive effects, the Columbian Exchange had a long-lasting negative impact. Diseases were a huge negative impact. Diseases such as small pox and syphilis were brought to the Americas by the Europeans and wiped out a large amount of the New World's population. slavery was a negative thing. Wars were also a huge negative impact

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There were also many positive impacts but I feel like the negative outweigh the positive. But its ultimately up to you and how you want to see it.

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I think it depends on what you think Personally I think the Columbian exchange was a very positive thing because it allowed for many things to be important to different countries that you wouldn’t be able to get it otherwise things such as food livestock and other things were exchanged will also diseases so that could be a downside to it just depends on what you think
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