Columbian Exchange and The Thirty Years' War

Columbian Exchange- This was a continuous event that started with the discovery of the New World. In summary, this was essentially the exchange of goods, animals, plants, and anything else between the New World and the Old World. One horrible thing brought over was unfamiliar diseases to the New World. These diseases had huge impacts wiping out over 90 percent of the Mexican population after just a century. Aside from the population impact and the expansion of things, another impact of the event was that many people were forced to migrate because of this event.

2.Thirty Years’ War- This event was mainly in Europe and occurred from 1618 to 1648. Essentially, this war was a fight based on Roman authorities trying to force people back into the

German Peasants’ War- This was a relatively short event lasting about two years from 1524-1525 and was exactly what the name says. It was a peasant uprising in Germany in effort to escape the rule of nobles and landlords. It was not very successful as about 100,000 peasant died. This had a huge effect on Germany’s workforce as they lost 100,000 farmers in their country which also affected all of Europe because of Germany’s role in the continent, and it also allowed for other countries’ peasants to see how a unsuccessful slave revolt was carried out.

4. Seven Years’ War- This was a series of conflicts at the end of this period mostly based on the intense commercial rivalries throughout the world. The French and Indian War set the stage for this event, especially the fighting between the French and British. The impact of this was by the time everything died down, Britain became the superpower that dominated global trade and this really boosted their power.

5. Commercial Revolution- This was the event that began at the beginning of this period and was continuous throughout the entire rest of the period. It describes the development of trade and business and the expansion of these two things. The effect and impact of this was the increase in trade among Europe and other countries, as well as the New World. Also, this led to some of the first banks, credit systems/facilities, and joint-stock