5 phases of the fur trade
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- The Five Phases of the Fur Trade
- Phase 1: The British and French both fished off the east coast of Canada. There, they met the Mi'kmaq people and started trading with them.
- I am fishing!
- want to trade?
- Sure
- want to trade?
- Phase 2: The French established New France and They traded with the First Nations around the great lakes and St. Lawrance River.
- New France!
- Phase 3: Britan set up the Hudson's Bay Company (H.B.C.). Now Britan and France were both competing in the fur trade.
- Trade with us!
- Trade with us!
- H.B.C.!
- Phase 4: The Northwest Company (N.W.C.) took over the french fur trade. Both the N.W.C and the H.B.C were competing and moved west where the supply of beavers was greater.
- No! Trade with US, the HBC!
- We are the northwest trading company!
- We are going west! Trade with us!
- Phase 5: Britain got the HBC and the NWC to merge into the HBC, which trded across Canada.
- Yay!
- We shall unite under the name, Hudson's Bay Company.
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