Question

Based on what I have learned, and in my reading of the unit texts, the changes to the New World because of Christopher Columbus’ arrival were both positive and negative. Columbus and the European arrival in the New World also had a hugely profound impact on the Americas. Disease would destroy native cultures, and change the landscape. Technology and goods that were a result of the Columbian Exchange would transform the lives of Native Americans in a positive way. This technology as well as disease would have a negative impact on the landscape, including the animal population of the Americas.

Paragraph 2, Columbus’ goal, opinion of the natives

Paragraph 3, Columbus and European interaction with the natives

Paragraph 4, positive impacts of Columbian Exchange FOOD and GOODS

Paragraph 5, positive impacts of Columbian Exchange TECHNOLOGY

Paragraph 6, negative impact on natives due to Columbus and European arrival

Paragraph 7, negative effects on the landscape of the Americas

Paragraph 8, CONCLUSION

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Answer 1

Answer: Christopher Columbus

Step-by-step explanation:

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa (now Italy) in 1451 to Domenico Colombo, a middle-class wool weaver, and Susanna Fontanarossa. Though little is known about his childhood, it is assumed that he was well-educated because he was able to speak several languages as an adult and had considerable knowledge of classic literature.

Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions, sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, were the first European contact with the Caribbean, Central America, and South

1492

Columbus left Castile in August with three ships, and made landfall in the Americas on 12 October.

1493

Columbus left the port of Cádiz, with a fleet of 17 ships carrying 1,200 men and the supplies to establish permanent colonies in the New World.

1498

Columbus left with six ships from Sanlúcar, Spain, for his third trip to the New World.

1502

Columbus made a fourth voyage nominally in search of the Strait of Malacca to the Indian Ocean. America.