Gebruiker
Europeans trying to convert the first nations, and force their culture on them.
money
fancy hats
Prepared furs
Worked in the forts, ex. making moccasins and clothing, collected birchbark for making canoes
paddled canoes and worked in hunting camps
shared language and geography skills working as guides, interpreters, and negotiators
The French colony of Acadia was given to the British. The British renamed it Nova Scotia.
Jean Talon was the intendant. He was in charge of the economy of New France
The colonists in New France would receive goods made in France. In return, New France would send the home country fish, timber, and furs.
He sent coureurs de bois into the interior of the country to expand the system of trading
As missionaries, they attempted to convert as many Indigenous people as possible to Catholicism.
Transportation – as the First Nations knew, water routes were fast and convenient
One group traded goods with another. Ex. The First Nations traded furs for European goods, especially metal goods such as guns, hatchets, and kettles.
Diseases including smallpox, measles, and whooping cough. In some instances, smallpox epidemics killed 3/5 of First Nations people on the prairies.
Hardened Civil War veterans who moved from Montana to sell “whiskey” at places like Fort Whoop-Up