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.
- 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. - 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? - 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