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Chapter 4: The Fur Trade
The growing economy in Canada as a result of the fur trade, brought both the French and the British
together
. Sometimes this could result in violent conflict over fur trading territory.
Economic
competition
played
a significant role in the British and French struggling for power in Canada.
What
competitions
have
you been in? What is the most important competition you have been involved in?
In
economic competition, "winning" means controlling more wealth than other people.
List
5 factors that
would
help the British or the French win this economic competition.
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Timeline of the Fur Trade
We’re going to create a timeline of the fur trade together
We will examine:
Who, where and when?
How did economic competition shape the fur trade?
What roles did French, British, First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples play in the fur trade?
How did the fur trade influence migration and settlement?Slide3
This timeline will be treated as a journey of discovery. The timeline is really important because the fur trade had a significant impact in how Canada developed.
Timeline of the Fur TradeSlide4
Phase 1:
The Early Fur Trade: 1500-1603
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Cod Fishing and its role in the settlement of Canada:
The
Mi'kmaq began to trade fish with Europeans who came to Canada to fish for cod on the East coast.
When
the British would come to shore to dry their fish, the Mi'kmaq would trade furs with the French
when
they came to shore to gather supplies and get fresh water. Slide6
Glimpsing at the Early Fur Trade
Early fur trade seemed to benefit both the Europeans as well as the First Nations. However, most
historians
agree, that as the fur trade progressed, it became less beneficial to the First Nations.
Why
do
you
think this is the case?
Come
up with at least 3-4 reasons why the fur trade would favor the
Europeans
as time went on. Slide7
Glimpsing at the Early Fur Trade
Within this early fur trade, we see a rather fierce competition begin to develop between the French and the British.
Create at least 3 similes to compare the relationship between the French and British
.
E.g. The British and French would fight like cats and dogs. Slide8
Competition p.109
How would this competition change the fur trade for the First Nations?
How
could competition affect the:
Environment?
The need for new
technology?
The way First Nations used the
land?
Family
life?Slide9
Phase 2:
Expansion Inland: 1603-1670
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Phase 2:
Fur
trade crossword
P
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#2 SkitsSlide11
Phase 3:
Rival Networks: 1670-1760
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Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC)
The HBC was the main competition for France in the fur trade. Britain had offered a group of fur
traders
a monopoly on the land surrounding Hudson's Bay known as Rupert's land. Slide13
Middlemen Emerging:
The
Cree and
Nakoda
soon became middlemen in the trading system between the Hudson's Bay
trading
forts and the First Nations in the west. Due to these tribes being centrally located in the middle
of
the West, they were able to shuttle furs between tribes and the HBC forts. The
Anishinabe
also
became middlemen in this trading relationship. Slide14
Voyageurs:
New
France hired men to make canoe trips in and around the Great Lakes.
The French had
established trading forts in these regions and these voyageurs would make the trips between the
settlements
in order to trade furs.
The French
had a strategy to help build and protect their fur trading
relationship
with the First Nations. They began to initiate cross-cultural marriages with First Nations.
The French
would call the children of these marriages, "Metis" or mixed.