After our look at the rise and fall of Nouvelle-France we shifted our attention westward to the northwest fur trade. Our first topic of interest was the rise of the Hudson Bay Company.
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We then began to look at how the introduction of the British to the north of Nouvelle-France led to escalating rivalries between French and English fur traders and brought European continental conflicts to North America.
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Next we looked at the roles First Nations people played in the northwestern fur trade.
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We ended our look at the northwest fur trade by focusing our attention on the expansion of the fur trade to the Pacific Ocean and the competition between the Hudson Bay Company and the Northwest Company.
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