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The consequences of the religious upheavals of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were increased religious diversity, the spread of Protestantism, and the emergence of new forms of religious expression. In the Americas, labor systems included both free and unfree labor, with unfree labor serving a social and political function in addition to an economic one. The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of goods, plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds, with the New World being affected the most. The goals of the colonial European powers in the expansion of their empires were to acquire resources, spread Christianity, and gain political and economic power. They were able to achieve some of these goals, but failed in others. On the whole, the impact of early European explorations on the New World was devastating, with the introduction of diseases, the destruction of native cultures, and the exploitation of native peoples. The impact of the New World on Europeans was the introduction of new foods, plants, and animals, as well as the spread of new diseases.