Columbian Exchange
By Jaden W
The Columbian Exchange
The Columbian Exchange was when Columbus went to the Native Americans to trade he brought horses,wheat bread,chickens that the Native Americans had never seen before.
Bad effect of the Columbian Exchange
One bad effect of the Columbian exchange was when the Euripeans brought a diesese that infected the Native American's potatoes with a fungus ,but they didn't know that so they ate the potatoes ,but some died from the fungus.
Columbian Exchange facts
Most Europeans thought potatoes were poisonous.
By late 1600, tomatoes were in cookbooks.
Until contact with the Americas, Europeans had never tried tomatoes.
What they Exchanged
Europeans traded oranges,coffee,rice,wheat,sheep,cattle.
Native Americans traded potatoes,corn,sweet potatoes turkey.