History of Europe

What did the europeans gain from their interactions with American Indians?

Diseases:

- Europeans unknowingly brought over various diseases, such as smallpox, measles, and typhus which the American's did not have immunities to and thus suffered tremendously

Trade Items

- Guns

- Ammunition

- Horses (these had never existed in N/S America until Spanish colonists reintroduced them)

- Metal implements

- Cloth

- Glass beads

- Alcohol

Religion and Language: Some missionaries were successful in teaching Christianity and European languages to Indian converts

Native Plants to Grow or Consume in Europe: corn, squash, peanuts, tomatoes, tobacco, chocolate.