USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The major trade goods were woollen blankets, cotton and linen cloth, metal goods, firearms and fishing gear. Tobacco, alcohol, trade jewellery and other luxury items accounted for only ten percent of the goods traded. The fur traders received far more than furs from Native people.

Detailed explanation-2: -Some villagers will trade for emeralds while others will take them and give items. Farmer type villagers, known for their straw hats, will sell for things such as wheat, carrots, potatoes, and melon seeds for emeralds, or vice versa.

Detailed explanation-3: -These relations sustained the business of the fur trade. The French traded iron tools, kettles, wool blankets and other supplies for the furs to make hats, while Native peoples exchanged furs for goods from around the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fur trade started because of a fashion craze in Europe during the 17th century. Europeans wanted to wear felt hats made of beaver fur. The most important players in the early fur trade were Indigenous peoples and the French. The French gave European goods to Indigenous people in exchange for beaver pelts.