Chapter 4 Flashcards
barter
the exange of goods with out money.
ethnocentric
our way is the best way. both french and First Nations thought that way.
first natiions
- during winter the men hunted and traped the animals. the woman skinned the animals and prepared the pelts.
- in spring the men and woman loaded there canoes with beaver palts for the french.
merchants
• they financed and organized the fur trade.
coureur de bio and voyagers
• called the runners of The woods
preparing furs
woman prepared most of the furs that crossed the ocean.
working in the forts
woman also helped in forts
there job was to make moccasins and clothing.
working on the road
woman paddled canoes and worked in camps
sharing language and geography skills
many First Nations and métis woman new more than one language
portage
a path connecting two water ways
working for the fur trade
many First Nations adapted their old way of life for the fur trade
following the fur
as time went by beaver supplies shrank so some First Nations moved away from their traditional territories
depending on European goods
the frist nations got used to depending on the european goods
hunting the buffalo
in the west the wendat hunted buffalo as a way of life
loss of languages
the french and the english became dominant languages
Metis
the children of First Nations and french called métis
The intentions of the French (their goal)
to get lots of beaver pelts (for ugly hats)
Three key players in the fur trade
- First Nations
- merchants
- coureur de bio
Values of trade materials.
1 kettle = 1.5 beaver 1 gun = 14 beavers 5 lbs of gunpowder =1beaver 1 ice chisel = 1 beaver 1 hatchet = 1 beaver 3 feet of cloth = 3 beaver 1 lbs of tobacco = 2 beaver 4 knives = 1beaver
How aboriginal groups assisted the Europeans in survival
they showed them how to hunt how to find water and lots of other survival advice
Contents in Pemmican
pemmican was ground buffalo meat or moose mixed with berries and fat this would last throughout the year so they had food in the winter.
Officials in charge of the French economy at different times, how they differed from one another.
Jean Baptiste Colbert - he wanted the colony to be a part of the mercantile system
Governor Frontenac- He wanted to expand the system of trading posts deep into the interior.
Jean talon- he used government money to attract colonists
The Great Peace of Montreal, when, where, why, who?
when- 1770
where- Montreal
why- they tried to find a way to end the fighting with the Haudenosaunee. they all sign a peace treaty (h,f,n)
who- the First Nations, the Haudenosaunee, and the French.
The geographic area controlled by the French.
Quebec
