2.4.2 - SQ4 Primary Sources

Compelling Questions:

Was colonization a good thing? For whom?

Supporting Question 4:

What is the “Columbian Exchange”?

Primary Sources

Note: These resources are not specific to the Carolinas. Rather, they are offered here as illustrative examples of the impact of the "Columbian Exchange" across the Americas.

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Title Source
Plants cultivated by Native Americans and introduced to Europe after 1492 Links to an external site.

Giesslev, 1804, Library of Congress

Historia general de las cosas de Nueva Espana (General History of things from New Spain) Links to an external site.

 Fray Bernardino de Sahagún

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Title Source
The Way of Making Chocolate Links to an external site. Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma, a Spanish physician

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