Colombian Exchange

The transfer of

• People (Europeans and Africans)

• Animals (Turkeys, pigs, cattle, and horses)

• Plants (Maiz, Potatoes, Rice, Tomatoes, Wheat, and Soy)

• Diseases (Small pox, and Syphilis)

From the East to the West and the West to the East

Colonists

Spain

The first to make it to the Americas was Spain, The Spanish found that agriculture would make them the most $. To achieve this they made the Encomiena system (a forced labor system where the Spanish enslave natives) they initially had trouble with this as the natives resisted so they decided to import people from the African continent. due to the diversity created they made the Casta System.

Britain

As the British got the Americas they learned from the natives and the native learned from them.

Wealth

In Europe there was Feudalism (peasants live on the land of a noble for protection) after this capitalism (An Economic system based on Private ownership and free exchange) was pushed in Europe thanks to Joint Stock Companies (a limited liability organization in which many people contribute to fund a venture)

Casta System

1. Peninsular

2. Criollo

3. Casta

4. Mulatto/Mestizo

5. African

6. Native