SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Question
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They lived with the Indigenous
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They often married Indigenous women creating the Metis culture
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They were interpreters for the French and Indigenous
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All of these are correct
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unlike voyageurs, who were licensed to transport goods to trading posts, coureurs des bois were considered outlaws of sorts because they did not have permits from colonial authorities. The independent coureurs des bois played an important role in the European exploration of the continent.
Detailed explanation-2: -What is the difference between the coureurs des bois and the voyageurs? The coureurs des bois were active during the French Regime. They were small businessmen trapping fur animals and trading. The voyageurs, for their part, were hired hands.
Detailed explanation-3: -Coureurs de bois (koo-wheres duh bwah) means “runners of the woods.” These men went out from French settlements to trade for animal furs with Native Americans. Their travels took them through the land that is now Michigan. Many of them married women from the Native-American tribes.
Detailed explanation-4: -In New France, the term “coureur de bois” referred to colonists who, as of the 1660s, travelled to Indigenous territories to gather fur (beaver, moose, caribou, etc.). Mainly, these men obtained skins and furs from Indigenous peoples by trading for manufactured products, not by hunting themselves.