How did the Europeans have an impact on the Americas?

Answer 1

As a result of Columbus's voyages to the New World, a biological pipeline between America and Europe opened up that had been apart since before humans appeared on earth. The lands had drifted apart that had once been connected. Some species of plants and animals flourished in both areas, and some did not. There were many new animals and plants in the Americas that Europeans had never seen. And, Europeans brought plants and animals to the New World that America had never seen. This includes viruses and other biological organisms. The new animals brought to America upset the ecology of the area. The people living in the Americas did not have resistance to many of the "germs" brought by the Europeans. Biologically, the Indians had not been exposed to measles, smallpox, whooping cough, chicken pox, and influenza. The effect of these diseases on the Americans was catastrophic. Bacteria and viruses killed more Native Americans than did Spanish swords. The Indians also gave to the Europeans, venereal disease. Medical historians disagree on the origins of syphilis, but it was first identified by physicians in 1493, in Cadiz, Spain, the port which Columbus returned to after his first voyage. The Colombian Exchange was also a cultural exchange. New agricultural developments were traded, economic activity and opportunities opened up between the New and Old Worlds, and new ideas were exchanged.

Answer 2

The encroachment of Europeans had a huge impact on the New World. For example, the Europeans brought with them disease and pathogens with them, for which the indigenous population had no immunity to.

Answer 3

The Imperialism by Europeans had a negative affect on Asia since the time of Great Britain's landing in the subcontinent of India in the 18th century.

Basically Europeans either annexed lands in Asia in such areas of Southeastern Asia, parts of China like Hong Kong as an example.

Europeans took control of areas such as Manchuria and key seaport areas in China.

For a long time Europeans controlled the following areas ( not meant to name each area, but as examples ) :

A. What is now Malaysia, Vietnam, Burma, and India. Portugal established a holding in China called Macao as well.