Chapter 4: Aboriginal Role in Trade

Question 1

What items did the First Nations peoples like to get from the Europeans? Why were these goods more desirable than the ones they already had?

Answer 1

The items that First Nation’s Peoples liked to get from the Europeans are: pots, knives, axes, copper wire, and guns. These goods were more desirable than the ones they already had because they were stronger, and lasted longer than the tools and untensils they made themselves.

Question 2

What goods did the Europeans wants from the Aboriginals?

Answer 2

The goods that the Europeans wanted from the Aboriginals were: furs (fox, otter, bear, wolf, beavers…)

Question 3

First Nations helped Europeans survive in what following ways?

Answer 3

First Nations helped Europeans survive in these following ways:

• showing them how to find food
• teaching them how to make medicine to cure diseases such as scurvy
• provided advice on how to dress for cold weather
• providing transportation in forms of canoes, snow shoes, and tobogans.
• translating trade deals with various groups
• providing a work force to catch food, sew moccassins, prepare pemmican, make snow shoes and so on

Question 4

What is the Great Peace of Montreal?

Answer 4

The Great Peace of Montreal came after 60 years of fighting the Haudenosaunee. The peace treaty between the First Nations and New France, allowed trappers and traders to travel safely.. When the beaver supply ran low, the French expanded their travels to the North and West which resulted in them exploring the entire continent. The Great Peace of Montreal lasted until the 1750s.