Trading

Question 1

What were the French and Indigenous wants in trade?

Answer 1

french = wanted furs
indigenous = wanted sewing needles and metal pots

Question 2

Demont and Champlain did what together?

Answer 2

Both wanted to be involved in trading so they made Port Royal (a trading post) along with 60 colonists.

• This post is now known as Nova Scotia
• Port Royal failed but few residents were permitted to stay behind and not work in trade, so instead they became farmers

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Question 3

The residents of Port Royal who were farmers became what?

Answer 3

These farmers became the successful French Colony Acadia

Question 4

Champlain saw hope in trade with what first nations?

Answer 4

Champlain met the Algonquins and Innu. He then build a habitation called Quebec in Stadacoma.

• he was allied with the Algonquins and Innus
• they promised him they would only trade with the French

Question 5

Who did Champlain desperately want to become allies with for trading?

Answer 5

he wanted to become allies with the wendat, he helped them by fighting off the Haudenosaunee

Question 6

What are the Coureurs de bois?

Answer 6

They were french fur traders sent out by Champlain.

• the coureurs de bois were a key part in the fur trade