Fur Trade of PNW

The earliest Europeans to trade with Indigenous groups were known as couerers de bois. They were mostly in the Northeast of the present day United States. Who were they typically?

• Frenchmen

• Americans

• British

• Staff at Colville School Distric

Traders moved west to trade as...

• they wanted warmer weather.

• fur supplies were dwindling.

• they wanted to watch a Seahawks game.

• native groups from the east drove them away.

The Tlingit peoples were the first west coast tribe to come in contact with the Europeans. The lived...

• in the area of the Columbia Plateau in Washington State

• in the Northern California area

• in the areas of Vancouver Island and Western British Columbia

• in Colville City Park.

Why are we talking about the Tlingit people during the Fur Trade of the Pacific Northwest unit?

• because the Tlingit became well known for their ability to capture furs to trade with the Europeans

• Becuase they lived in California

• because they didn't have a chief

• becuase they started the first NFL franchise in the 1700's called the BC Fighting Tlingits.

What did the Tlingit get in return for their trades?

• metal goods and other supplies

• new players for their team

• rocks

• McDonald's Happy Meals

Why did the Inidgenous peoples like trading initially?

• firearms gave them power over the other tribes

• They liked the diseases they were secretly catching

• They wanted the Europeans to stay and build forts and towns on their land

• They really looked forward to the founders of Starbuck's living there

James Cook explored the Pacific Northwest in the 1700's for which country?

• Great Britain (England)

• Russia

• Spain

• France

Sir Francis Drake wasn't interested in establishing trade in the Pacific Northwest region with the Native people, he was mainly interested in pirating the Spanish ships and colonies.

• True

• False

Europeans continued to come to the Pacific Northwest for trading. The earliest forts also served as...

• Trading Posts

• Hotels for the Natives to stay at

• Taco Bell drive thrus

What mostly led to the decline in Native populations?

• diseases brought by the Europeans that Natives had no prior immunities to.

• Wars between tribes

• wars with the Europeans

• Too many Big Macs led to high cholesterol and obeisity.