Consequences+of+the+Columbian+Exchange

It spread deaseses and opened slavery for people. some food that is grown here comes from europe like parsnips and turnips. The European people also brought animals which carried many diseases as well. some of the diseases brought to the Americas were as follows cholera, measles, influenza, and most devastating of all small pox. but at the same time they brought the disease known as syphilis back to Europe. the death toll was outrageous. nine out of ten people died because of these diseases. Religion was having a massive effect on the Americas. the Europeans pressed there religious ways on the native people by forcing them to believe and killing them if they didn't.