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Fur Trade Native’s Fur Trade · Bartering took place in New France. The new settlers were trading European goods with the First Nations people in exchange for popular furs. Fur hats were trendy in Europe and Europe’s beaver population was disappearing. The new land had many fur-bearing animals especially the beaver. · Aboriginals taught Europeans how to build canoes, helped them provide food and survive the winter. · Job of preparing the furs for transportation were done by the women. It was a lot of work and took them away from housework. Polygamy arised in which a man had many wives in order to help around with preparing furs and housework. · Fur trade led to competition among fur trading Natives which led to wars. The Iroquois wiped out most of their competition, Huron and became the most powerfulest First Natives. · First Natives aided in exploration of North America. There were no maps to help explorers find their way. The Natives were guides. · Iroquois were clever traders and always tried to get the best deal. They knew how to make birk bark canoes · As more settlers came, they brought with them European diseases which wiped out lots of Natives. Also, traditional ways of life were lost for Natives as they were forced to assimilate to the Europeans’ dominant culture. Benefits of Fur Trade for …. Natives Disadvantages - superior tools which led to efficiency of work - sickness - advantages over neighbouring tribes - less fur, alcohol, more Europeans - life became easier - access to medicine and food at trading posts Europeans - rich furs sold cheaply that were valuable at home - cold winter - potential to become rich - always from home for long periods - more power to conquerers Pierre –Esprit Radisson 1640-1710 · 1651 – arrived in New France and shortly captured by Iroquois in Trois Rivieres. He was adopted by them and learned their culture and language · He escaped twice and was tortured. But he managed to escape and flee to Fort Orange where he became a translator. · 1659, Radisson joined partnership with his brother des Grosseilliers and went on an expedition to Lake Superior and set up trading posts.
Approximate Word count = 1396
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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