Phases of the Fur Trade

The cod fishery began in

• Phase 5 of the Fur Trade

• Phase 2 of the Fur Trade

• Phase 1 of the Fur Trade

• Phase 4 of the Fur Trade

Which event happened in phase 2 of the Fur Trade?

• The French-Haudenosaunee war began

• cod fishing began

• Britain established Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)

• The Metis people developed a distinct culture at Red River

The Northwest Company (NWC) formed in Phase 4 was because of the need for

• making a profit

• gaining power in the Thirteen Colonies

• having more control of New France

• competition in the Fur Trade with HBC

Pemmican was developed because

• trade routes and supply lines were becoming longer

• beavers and buffalo were becoming scarce

• some groups of people did not eat meat

• it was easy to make and people liked it

An example of a Metis is

• a person of Irish descent

• a child of an Italian mom and a French dad

• a mixture of two first nations group of people

• a mixture of European and First Nations heritage

Why did trade begin to decline in the West during phase 5 of the Fur Trade?

• HBC was losing it's monopoly in the Fur Trade

• trade routes and supply lines began to become too long

• buffalo began to disappear, beaver became scarce and European demand for furs began to diminish.

• People were trading independently

Voyageurs known as travelers, who made canoe trips between settlements along the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes emerged in this phase.

• Phase 2

• Phase 3

• Phase 4

• Phase 1

Which First Nations people emerged as the first middlemen?

• Mi'kmaq

• Cree and Nakoda

• Haudenosaunee

• Ouendat

Middlemen were

• People who were 'go-betweens' between a supplier and a buyer

• People who traded in the Fur Trade

• First Nations people who traded with other First Nations people

• People who were not able to participate in the Fur Trade

Phase 1 is called

• Monopoly in the West

• The Early Fur Trade

• Rival Networks

• Expansion Inland