Chapter 5 Flashcards
monopoly
exclusive control
rendezvous
meeting arranged in advance
brucellosis
infectionous animal disease
capitalism
system in which privately owned businesses use trade for profit
post and brigade system
where fur companies sent teams of different people on long expeditions
free trapper
where trappers went individually to find furs and built cabins
Manuel Lisa
he lost over $20,000 worth of fur and discovered it was impossible to keep trade forts where indians didnt want them
William Ashley
he put together the rocky mountain trapping system and also met with a lot of free trappers
John Jacob Astor
he formed the american fur company and expanded fur trade to other countries. his system was also rivals with the rocky mountain trapping system
Alexander Culberston
One of the most respected fur trappers and his wife helped create and keep peace between Native Americans and non-natives
Pierre-Jean de Smet
he built a church and taught Salish people Eurepean farming methods and religous pravtices although it did not work and the salish people ended up despising him.
