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What is an example of ethnocentrism?
Europeans trying to convert the first nations, and force their culture on them.
What was the primary goal of the Hudson Bay Company?
money
fancy hats
What roles did First Nations women play in the fur trade? (I.e. what kinds of things did they do?) (select all that apply)
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
War ended in Europe in 1713. How did the Treaty of Utrecht affect New France?
The French colony of Acadia was given to the British. The British renamed it Nova Scotia.
What role did Jean Talon play in the early history of New France?
Jean Talon was the intendant. He was in charge of the economy of New France
Jean Baptiste Colbert wanted New France to be part of a mercantile system. What did this mean?
The colonists in New France would receive goods made in France. In return, New France would send the home country fish, timber, and furs.
After the destruction of the Wendat, what did Governor Frontenac do to get the fur trade moving again?
He sent coureurs de bois into the interior of the country to expand the system of trading
What was the main role of the Jesuits in New France?
As missionaries, they attempted to convert as many Indigenous people as possible to Catholicism.
In light of the size of the territory involved with the French fur trade, what was the most important consideration for the French fur trade to succeed?
Transportation – as the First Nations knew, water routes were fast and convenient
How did the barter system work?
One group traded goods with another. Ex. The First Nations traded furs for European goods, especially metal goods such as guns, hatchets, and kettles.
What was the most deadly impact of European contact on the First Nations?
Diseases including smallpox, measles, and whooping cough. In some instances, smallpox epidemics killed 3/5 of First Nations people on the prairies.
Who were the American “free traders”?
Hardened Civil War veterans who moved from Montana to sell “whiskey” at places like Fort Whoop-Up