Many of what humans know today is known because of the era of exploration. Islands, continents, oceans, and lands were all discovered in this era. It was a time of trade, spices, routes, and flags. People went on ships out into the wide open see to explore. The most famous explorers were Christopher Columbus, Henry Hudson, and John Cabot. This time was more positive than negative.

There were many positive effects exploration. In this era, people were exploring new lands and connecting people oceans apart. This ended european isolation. In document one, it says how they ended isolation but also set worldwide expansion moving. A positive effect was the exchange of animals and crops. In document 9, it shows how there was a balanced exchange between what the old world brought to the new world, and the new world to the old world. Another positive was shown in document 10. It was the increase of exports from colonies. This is a positive effect because it shows how both the colony and country profit off of this mutualistic relationship. Many countries grew and ideas were exchanged in …show more content…
A negative effect of the era of exploration is war. Many times countries fight over who should get the new land. In document two, it explains the four different wars England and France were in, trying to get more land. A second negative effect is the disease that came to the new worlds. When Europeans came they brought many germs that the natives weren’t used to. This killed most of the population, as it is explained in document 4. A third negative effect is the awful things europeans did to the natives. The native people are very intelligent, not greedy, and peaceful. Spaniards behaved like wolves in these situations. They caused massacres and many evil killings, as said in document 5. Although people only think that knowing more things about our world is a good thing, there were many awful things that