Like most of us history students, I am relieved and overjoyed the stress of the midterm is over. As I was taking the midterm and reviewing all the history that we had learned about before the test, I found that the Columbian Exchange was actually more interesting than I thought. I was relieved that I found it interstice while reviewing it ,because it helped with the essay portion of the midterm. But, what I found interesting about it was that the Columbian Exchange was necessary for the development of the United States yet in order for the development the consequence was 90% of the Indians dying of smallpox just doesn't seem fair... It doesn't seem fair to me that in order for a nation to begin that thousands upon thousands of people have to suffer. And the Europeans mostly benefited from all the voyages they made. They got land,a better diet, and a whole new world for them to discover. I think it was pretty selfish of them to just take over land knowing that it was already taken. But at the same time, it was because of their selfishness that I am able to live here in the United States.