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Columbian exchange

By AshaGS
  • Oct 31, 1451

    Columbus was born

    Columbus was born
    Columbus was born in present day Italy.
  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus set out for India

    Columbus set out for India
    Columbus set out to find a new route for India, but instead found America, though he didn't know it. He spent all of his life thinking that he discovered a new route to INDIA.
  • May 20, 1506

    Columbus dies

    Columbus dies
    Columbus diedat age 54, still thinking that America was India.
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    Small Pox

    The epidemic of Small pox cilled 30% of the native American population. It is diseases like this that brought down the native American population.
  • Smallpox Vaccine

    Smallpox Vaccine
    Vaccine
    Though this vaccine was made, the native Americans did not trust the Europeans to administrate it.