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Title: The Fur Trade and The French, English and Dutch


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The Fur Trade and The French, English and Dutch
  • 1689-1763
  • Notes 2

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New France Territory
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A. Europe Claims North America
  • Europeans explore North America
  • claimed NA in their search for NW passage and
    profits
  • Northwest passage to China never found
  • European and Native Trade
  • new trade with the peoples of N. America emerged
  • trade in furs quickly became popular
  • Permanent Settlements
  • Initially France only interested in trading
    profit
  • by the 17th C., they formed permanent settlements

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  • Europe and Native Alliances
  • competition between French and English resulted
    in pacts with local nations
  • Britain aligned with Iroquois
  • France with Hurons
  • Europeans became involved in affairs of local
    natives
  • main weapon provider
  • French explorer Champlain traded Hurons muskets
  • Hurons attacked their enemies the Iroquois
  • Champlain blamed for animosities
  • Settlement Expands
  • French continued to build trading posts and
    increased trade with Natives

French explorer Samuel de Champlain and two of
his men join Montagnais, Algonquin, and Huron
warriors in an attack on an Iroquois camp in 1609
The French Indians launch their attack on the
British American troops
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