both the British and the french fished off the east coast of Canada. When they were there they got to know the mi'kmaq
hello
1500 - 1603
the early fir trade
the drive west
new France was established and the french traded with the first nations in the area around the great lakes and the st Lawrence river.
new france
wanna trade?
expansion inland1603-1670
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Britain set up the hudson’s bay Company (HBC). Britain and France were both trading with the First Nations people. Now the two countries were co-operating in the fur trade. britain had the area around Hudson Bay, and france controlled the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence region.
Britain
1670 1760
rival networks
France
The north West Company took over the French fur trade. Now two British companies were competingThey both moved west, trying to be the first ones to get to the new, unclaimed fur trading territory.
french
1760 1821
british
britain got the HBC and the NWC to merge into one company called the hudson’sbay Company, which traded all across Canada.
1821 1870
monopoly in the west
hudson's bay company
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