Fur Trade in Eastern Canada Flashcards

Flashcards about the Fur Trade in Eastern Canada.

Merchants

People who buy and sell goods.

Bartering

A system where people trade goods without using money.

Who were the first people to trade with the First Nations peoples for furs?

Europeans

Coureurs de bois

Runners of the woods.

Voyageurs

Those who had a license.

Why did King Louis XII of France decide that a colony should be built?

As a way to control trade.

Why did the Coureurs de bois get along well with the First Nations peoples?

They got along and socialized; they didn't have to wait for the First Nations.

Why were the French coureurs de bois, Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Medard Chouart des Groselliers, upset with the French after returning to the French fort with 60 canoes of beaver pelts?

They were fined, and their furs were taken away.

How did they respond to the French?

By convincing a group of English merchants to support a return voyage to Hudson Bay.

What was Rupert's Land?

Some areas of North America, specifically Hudson's Bay.

Why were there many years of fierce battles between the French and English in what is now Canada?

They claimed the land that wasn't theirs.

What was the main function of the French voyageurs?

Facing their competition.

What was the Treaty of Utrecht and when was it signed?

A peace agreement signed in 1713.

How did spending so much time trapping and transporting beaver furs change the traditional way of life of the First Nations peoples?

It changed the traditional way of life of the First Nations peoples.

How did the fur trade lead to land disputes between First Nations peoples?

It led to competition over territory.

Why did First Nations peoples begin to lose their traditional hunting grounds?

France and England claimed that land without knowing they lived there.

What event caused the Haudenosaunee and the French to become bitter enemies?

When Champlain and the French joined in battle against them.

When was a peace treaty signed between the French and Haudenosaunee? What was it called?

In 1701; it was called The Great Peace of Montreal.

Fill in the flow chart to explain the consequences of European diseases.

Thousands of First Nations Peoples got sick and many died; The bodies of First Nations peoples could not fight these diseases; Some communities were almost destroyed; Distrust of Europeans grew.