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What are 4 specific things that Europe gave to the Americas?
Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World.
What were some things that were introduced to the Americas from Europe?
| From Europe to the Americas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bananas | Barley | Carnations |
| Chickens | Coffee | Crabgrass |
| Daffodils | Daisies | Horses |
| Lemons | Lettuce | Olives |
How did European exploration affect Native American technology?
The European Impact on Native American Technology When European exploration led to the populating of the Americas, it was described as the event with one of the greatest ecological impacts in history. The force behind this impact was the mass movement of people and their behavior’s toward their “New World”.
How did technological innovation help the colonization of the Americas?
Technological innovation: European colonization of the Americas was made substantially easier through several technological innovations like compasses, caravels, and astrolabes. It affected economic development by making it possible for large scale trade networks between the Old World and the New World to develop.
What did the Europeans bring to the Americas?
The Europeans brought technologies, ideas, plants, and animals that were new to America and would transform peoples’ lives: guns, iron tools, and weapons; Christianity and Roman law; sugarcane and wheat; horses and cattle.
How did technology affect the expansion of the United States?
There is no way of getting around the fact that the technological innovations that occurred during the five-century period surrounding colonization helped to determine the character of the United States’ expansion across North America.