USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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. The fur trade was the most important industry in New France. With the money they made from furs, the French sent settlers to Canada.

Detailed explanation-2: -By the early 1700s, the fur trade was firmly established in the Great Lakes region. The French empire was based on the fur trade in this region and required Native American alliances to sustain it. Native people and the French traded, lived together, and often married each other and built families together.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Nations brought fur pelts of otter, mink, marten and fox and traded them for European tools, pots and liquor. The fur was used to decorate the coats and hats of the well-to-do in Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -By establishing settlements along the St. Lawrence River, the French inserted themselves into networks that conveyed trade goods – including pelts – over vast distances.