These articles are quite long, so you do not need to read them all the way through. Use them more as
references for specific elements of the fur trade.
Article 1: “The Economic History of the Fur Trade: 1670-1870” – https://eh.net/encyclopedia/the-economichistory-of-the-fur-trade-1670-to-1870/
Article 2: “A Brief History of the Beaver Trade” –
https://humwp.ucsc.edu/cwh/feinstein/A%20brief%20history%20of%20the%20beaver%20trade.html
Read the three documents attached and the two articles linked below. Using the documents, the articles, and
the sources, write an essay answering the questions listed below.

1. How do Documents 1 and 2 relate to the colonial labor systems that developed during the 1600s and 1700s
   (i.e. indentured servitude and slavery)? Compare the experiences of each author.
2. What do Document 3 and the articles reveal about the relationships between Native Americans and
   European Colonists (both in the Spanish and English colonies) during the 1600s and 1700s?
3. Explain how all of these documents and the articles relate to the history of expansion, immigration, and
   economic development in Europe’s North American colonies during the 1600s and 1700s