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The Colombian Exchange, the exchange of people, plants, animals, culture, ideas, and diseases between Europe and Latin America was both beneficial and harmful. Both continents were able to benefit financially. The natives of Latin America had no natural immunity to many of the diseases brought to Latin America by European colonists. Many became sick and died. Many European colonist also practiced encomienda wherein Latin American natives had to work for the Europeans and practice Christianity in return for food and shelter. Often times, the Native Americans were treated like slaves. A mixing of the cultures and races was also a common practice. Mestizos, people of both European and Native American heritage had very few rights in Latin America. The Peninsulars, those colonists of European heritage and born in Europe had control of the government in Latin America. The Creoles, Europeans born in Latin America did not being subordinate to the Peninsulars and eventually revolted. Military leaders and revolutionaries like Simon Bolivar, Prince Pedro, and Jose de San Martin led South America to freedom from European colonial rule.
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∙ 14y agoOne can be that the indians´ number went down. they became lesss because they were dying.
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