Columbian Exchange

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Francisco Guzman
History 260-1
Part one:
1. The Columbian exchange was a biological exchange between the Americans and the rest of the world . This means that a disease that started in the Europe and Africa started to spread to all parts of the Americas. This exchange led to more native Americas to die of sickness because the natives did not build an immunity to the rare European diseases. The Columbian exchange also involved animals, plants, and seeds . The exchange led to impactful that effected the world. One example of this was other countries would be victories in battle against American …show more content…

The book’s setting happen during King Phillip’s war between the years of 1675-1676. The war was mainly between the English town of Lancaster and the Indian or nipmuc town Nashaway. Both towns were lived in peace for many decades, so much peace that the towns even signed a treaty in 1644 according to a class lecture Nashaway and other Indian communities became tributaries of Massachusetts Bay Colony (received protection in exchange for loyalty, also Christianity and trade) . All was fine until in 1670s tension started to build over land, trade/debt, and religion. Then January 29, 1675 John Sassamon according to the book was a “Christian Massachusetts Indian” who worked for King Phillip was murdered after telling the English governor that the Indians were planning an all-out war against the English. This death led to three associates of Phillip’s to be accused of killing sassamon, the men were found guilty of murder by a jury of twelve Englishmen and six Christians Indians. On June 8, 1675 the men hanged ton their deaths which finally lead to the war breaking out on June 24, 1675. The bloody battles had an ending result that had most Indians forced into slavery and the deaths of their leaders like King Philip himself. During the war the author of the book Mary Rowlandson was captured during an attack on her town of Lancaster. It was the second attack the Indians did on Lancaster. During the second raid 12 English people were killed and only one managed to escape. Along with Mary Rowlandson her children Joseph, Mary, and Sarah were also captured . The way Mary described her captivity as some of the most awful things she had to endure but not as bad as one would think. Since Mary and her baby just left from an attack their body are injured, so they and the other captives had to keep moving but according to Mary herself “One of the

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