Lesson 28: The Columbian Exchange | WHP with Wood Boyles

Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the Americas created new pathways of exchange between Afro-Eurasia and the Americas—for better or for worse. These exchanges gave the Irish potatoes and the Italians tomatoes, but also led to diseases and invasive species that decimated populations in the Americas. Overall, the global population rose, but for many communities on both sides of the Atlantic, the Columbian Exchange was a disaster. In particular, the devastating nature of the Transatlantic slave trade is stark reminder of the drawbacks of the Columbian Exchange.

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