Impacts🤪

Question 1

Impact of conquest on the native people

Answer 1

Native people were enslaved
Destroyed native empires e.g. the aztecs
Brought European diseases to the Americas e.g., smallpox and measles

Question 2

Impact on the Europeans

Answer 2

Gold and silver sent to Europe
Opened the Americas to other European countries e.g., England and France
Brought new plants and animals from the Americas to Europe e.g., peanuts and potatoes

Question 3

What impact did colonisation have on people

Answer 3

The slave trade developed
Plantations developed
Spain and Portugal became incredibly wealthy
Christianity spread

Question 4

Slave trade developed

Answer 4

As the native population died out, slaves were brought from Africa to work on European estates in the Americas(12.5 mil)

Question 5

Plantations developed

Answer 5

Large plantations, growing crops like cotton, tobacco and peanuts, dominated the economy of the Americas

Question 6

Spain and Portugal became incredibly wealthy

Answer 6

Developed huge empires

Question 7

Christianity spread

Answer 7

New religions replaced native religions e.g. Catholicism