People
The first peoples of Canada
What is the First Nations?
In 1497 this explorer found cod of the coast of Newfoundland which kickstarted the fur trade
What is Giovanni Caboto?
This is an animal that nearly became extinct during the fur trade
What is the beaver?
The continent where the explorers came from
What is Europe?
This first nations group were allied with the French
This explorer established New France (modern day Quebec) in 1608
What is Samuel de Champlain?
This is one of the main fur trading companies that was create by independent fur traders
The seaway for developing the fur trade
What is the St. Lawrence River
Enemies of the Ouendat
What is the Haudenosaunee?
This fashion trend eventually died down in the 1800s, leading to the abandonment of trading sites.
What is the fur hat?
The men who had to portage often to carry goods over rapids on
Who are the voyageurs
What is Hudson's Bay?
People of mixed French or Scottish and First Nations
What is the Metis?
Britain established this fur trading company in 1670 to directly compete with the French fur trade.
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
The best reason for Britain selling Rupert's Land to Canada
What is American invasion?
The trading centre of the French
What is Quebec?
These two first nations group were the middlemen of the Hudson's Bay Company
What is the Cree and Nakoda?
This war eventually lead to Britain gaining all of French territories in what is now called Canada
What is the Seven Years War?
The type of competition that helped develop the fur trade
What is economic?
The place where the Metis eventually settled and developed farms
What is Red River?