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Chapter 4 SS
The Fur Trade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Competition | to compete against each other to be the best. |
| wealth | rich, you have money. |
| British settlements (1500) | was not permanent |
| French settlements (1600) | permanent and dominated fur trade. |
| middleman | work between market and the producer |
| coureurs de bois | independent traders that trade directly to First Nations. No middleman. |
| scarce | not much of it left |
| Britain (1670) | established Hudson's Bay Company |
| voyageurs | men hired to make canoe trips between settlements along the St. Lawrence. |
| Francophone | A person’s first language is French. |
| Rival | A person competing for the same thing |
| Canadien | A descendant (person born to) settler of New France. |
| Métis | the children born to European men and First Nation wives. They became interpreters, guides, traders, provisionals, and caters. |
| Pemmican | A food made from dried meat, pound and mix berries and fat. |
| Missionary | A person sent on a religious mission to teach Christianity in a foreign country. |
| Merge | When 2 things come together as 1. |