Explain two impacts that Columbus' voyage had on the new world.

Columbus' role in opening the Americas to European colonization is well known. The social and political consequences of his activities continue to be felt to to this day. Two important material exchanges that occurred due to Columbus' voyages are: the importing of horses to the America, and the exporting of tobacco from the New World to Europe. 

By bringing horses to the New World, Columbus changed the landscape of transportation and commerce. People traveling by...

Columbus' role in opening the Americas to European colonization is well known. The social and political consequences of his activities continue to be felt to to this day. Two important material exchanges that occurred due to Columbus' voyages are: the importing of horses to the America, and the exporting of tobacco from the New World to Europe. 

By bringing horses to the New World, Columbus changed the landscape of transportation and commerce. People traveling by horse traversed much greater land than those travelling by foot. Horses were important features in the warfare that erupted both between Native American and settler communities, as well as in tribal conflict amongst Native American communities themselves. 

Exporting tobacco became one of the dominant economic activities of the Americas. Tobacco, like cotton, was a lucrative crop grown in a plantation style of agriculture. This plantation style agriculture depended on the enslavement of large groups of people, including African people and Native Americans. The high demand for economic exports fueled a slave-based economy that would last until the American Civil War.