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Keira- Woman were really relied on during the fur trading time. They did everything to prepare the fur for its buyer. They also would act as interpreters, actors, or guides once they learned the language. A young Dene woman named Thanadelthur was a brave women in the early 1700's, she was captured by the Cree Nation and escaped a year later. Then, Thanadelthur headed to a Hudson’s Bay Company outpost in York Factory. Where she brought together the Dene and Cree First Nations and helped
them make peace. Her efforts paved the way for years of peaceful trading with Hudson’s Bay Company. I'm wondering why she tried to make peace and talk to the Cree Nation again after they captured her? Why wouldn't she want to kill them or just stay away from them and hide? She could have got captured again or even worse!

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Keira-  Hudson's Bay Company was established in 1670 by a group of English merchants, with the help of two French fur traders. It is North Americas oldest company. HBC (Hudson's Bay Company) just kept expanding thru Canada all the way out to the Pacific Northwest (modern-day Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia) and the North (Alaska, the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut). By the late 18th century, competition forced HBC to grow into the interior of North America. HBC began modernizing in 1912, resulting in the “original six” Hudson’s Bay Company department stores: Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg. Retail expansion across the country would finally be achieved.

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Keira- The French and First Nations had a relationship that was useful to both groups. The French depended on the First Nations to supply the furs that they sold in Europe. First Nations depended on Europeans to supply European-made goods like tools, such as rifles, metal traps, sewing needles, and cooking pots. The French and First Nations became their military allies. Military allies are two or more parties that  agree to support one another in case of war.

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Syrus- I read this and thought "That sucks!" The text says that the Europeans nearly made the beaver go extinct. That would not be good at all. This could have lead to the extinction of the black bear, hawk, and other animals because they are all predators of the beaver. There could have been and ecological crisis. Also the Europeans had spread diseases to the First nations killing Thousands. That means many fur traders would have died and not been able to feed the "economy". I wonder what else nearly went exctint or died?

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Quynne- it is interesting that hudsons bay started out as a fur trade company and was a thing so long ago. I am also surprised that it has come so far and lasted so long.

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Syrus-The fur trade was important because the French and British made an income trading goods. If they were not able to make money they would have ever  been able to live and colonize canada into the country it is today. Also the French became war allies with the first nations. This was good becuase they became freinds wth one another. The French were also trying to make the First nations embrace Catholicism. That worked and made the relation with the French and First Nations stronger. After reading the text I learned their was a big race between France and Britain to get furs and colonize. I read that there was a treaty that gave land to the British wich help to cut of the French from getting furs. I wonder if that rivalry between France and Britain still exist.

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Emma-The fur trade was significant to Canada. The British wanted as many countries as possible, but the French wanted Canada. On page 54 it says, "The Canadiens needed to sustain themselves, so they entered the fur trade." The fur trade provided jobs, which allowed more people to come to Canada. The fur trade assisted in colonizing Canada.

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Chris- On page 9 asks how would it help if France found a new   Route  though the Pacific ocean to new friends I think it would help because you could get to France to new France much faster which means you could send faster messages to the king of France and you could send more fur over to France much faster

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Sophie B~ i had to re- read and re-re-read this sentience many times to understand; the sentience is "Realizing that First Nations had a much larger population," the fact that the first nations had a larger population but had to do more work to feed them self when the British and french had lots of $$$ and lots of fields to farm in, over all making it easier to get food their, and yet the first nations still had a larger population, not sure how tho...

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This is the location that the European explorers would’ve settled in for the for trade

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part of me wonders how willing the First Nations were to help... or did they help because they felt like they had to because the European explorers were entering their territory MR.L

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Owen.W -  I found it interesting that the women played such a big role in the fur trade. During the 1500's since women were not reconized as much as women were. Women would do things such as preparing the fur for trade, skinning,cleaning and tanning the fur, which always increased the value of the fur. Women had one of the most important jobs during the fur trade.

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Maya - on page 10 it say " how does the artist who painted this scene depict the fur trading sessions between the Europeans and the First Nations?" I think the artist was trying to portray the relationship between the First Nations and the Europeans. Also I think the artist was trying to show that the trades were more of a ceremony then a deal aswell I think they were showing how this was really important and big occasions.

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Blake C

On page 9 it’s says that “ In the early 1700’s the British and the French were both trying to colonize” why Is it that the French were only able to colonize Quebec and Britain colonized way more in the same time span. Another question I had was why was the fur so valuable that the French and the British traded guns for it.

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Seth H i fond it intransigent all of it intransigent  industry had a long-lasting impact on the lives of many people. Just as our current industries affect our lives today, the fur trade affected many people’s lives 300 years ago. After 1713, expansion of the fur trade led to changes throughout North America.

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Raistlin WEIR - Also I found that the first nations had a very big population, so the french decided that they could make business's with them against the british because the british tried to take their land

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Marcus Austin- i find it very instresting listing to the British and the french expand there power and Canada needed more ways to sustain them selves and protect there people has France was taking over many countries also know as imperialism so Canada decided to go into the fur trade. but long story short i think it is so fascinating learning about the fur trade and France.

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Marcus Austin- i find it very instresting listing to the British and the french expand there power and Canada needed more ways to sustain them selves and protect there people has France was taking over many countries also know as imperialism so Canada decided to go into the fur trade. but long story short i think it is so fascinating learning about the fur trade and France.

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Sophie .H- On page 9 it says "The British colonies grew steadily along the eastern coast of North America." is this because of the fur trade? and they profited from speeding it around in North America? I read further but all it said was "The settlers were mostly farmers, and the colonies supported themselves." Colonies supported themselves, Huh?, how? with the fur trade? trading ammunst them selves? How big were the colonies?

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Quynne- on page 13 I found a sentence that said: "Some trading posts were so close together that the first nation trappers could check who was offering the best prices or the finest goods." I thought that it was interesting that they did that because if they wanted people to buy things from them they but things were so close some stores would get less business because the people would find better prices at a different store

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RAISTLIN WEIR - I found this part very interesting because I didnt know what it was called to take over so many countries. "In the early 1700s, both Britain and France were extending their power in Europe by developing colonies in North America. This strategy of taking over as many countries as possible was known as imperialism." Now I know Imperialism is to take over a lot of countries but it doesnt have to be two countries like it said in the text

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Keira - On page 54 it says: "Gaining wealth was a motivation for fur traders and explorers." In North America French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Verendrye did well from the fur trade during his expeditions in North America. The King of France did not profit much from the fur trade itself, so he financed La Verendrye’s explorations.

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Ethan Saunders- I find it cool that in page 3 it said how the french settlers who travelled  from France to North Americain in 1608.they said they probably never imagined they would change over time to
become  distinct people.

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Ryyan. A =Partnering With First Nations... for more than 200 years first nation people made relationships with people that were useful for both of the groups.that they started realizing that first nation people had large population.The french decided to develop good business and relationships with first nation people for example they started doing gift - giving ceremonies during negotiations to demonstrate their respect.Page#10.

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OWEN.W- On page 9 something really interesting was that there was a battle of the fur trade where people would trade with the first Nations. In the Canada fur trade there was a significant issue and the beavers were going extinct. Another downside of the fur trade was that many first nations people were getting diseases which was killing most of the first nations. This was interesting because the fur trade was an important time in Canadian history and I thought that the fur trade was 100% good. As you can tell the fur trade had downsides to is aswell

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Sophie .H-On page 9 it said that Britain took part in the trades and I thought that it was only the french and now that I look back on that it makes sense.

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Ryyan A > when i saw a small blue box cloud thing i got intresteing in that and i think the colony will get some western sea through the quantity of fur

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Sophie B~ i find it odd how the first nations people just welcomed the British and french into there land, i feel like were missing some key info. if i was one of the first nations people i wouldn't let strangers trade with us for out furs, we use them too! i know for a fact that in this area of text they miss some info, or its just me and im reading a different part of how the first nations met the traders.

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sophie B~ as i read, i found a sentience on page 9 that interested me, it was ( and i quote ) "French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Verendrye prospered from the fur trade during his expeditions in North America. Though the King of France did not profit much from the fur trade itself," and yet, the king still funded his trip, but why? hopefuly i can read on to find out why...

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Maya - on page 9 it says " the strategy of taking over as many countries as possible is called imperialism." what I learned from that is British and New France were competing to see who could take over mor countries so New France entered in the fur trade. So the French helped pay for expeditions to find First Nations because fur trades were a big income at this time.

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RAISTLIN WEIR - When I was scrolling threw I already knew this but I still find it interesting "First Nations depended on Europeans to supply European-made goods. Many of these goods were tools, such as rifles, metal traps, sewing needles, and cooking pots." The reason I found that interesting is because I used to think that they depended on us but really we depended on each other.

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Emma-The fur trade was significant, because it created many companies like the Hudson's Bay company. This provided jobs for both First Nations peoples, British, and French alike. On page 13 it says, "First Nations in upper Canada paddled along the river to reach the British Hudson's Bay trading post." This sentence shows that these companies were held high in respect, since they paddled along rivers to reach them. The Hudson's Bay company is still around today.

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Mr.Leasa- Who were the key groups during this time?  What historical impact does it have?