SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Question
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By Edmonton
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By the waterways (rivers and lakes)
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In Ottawa
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On the plains
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Detailed explanation-1: -cloth. Though often no more than a collection of dilapidated cabins, frontier trading posts served as the commercial centers of the frontier, built on or near waterways to expedite both the shipment of furs and pelts downriver, and the return of supplies and trade items upriver.
Detailed explanation-2: -Posts near waterways allowed for easier movement of goods and furs. This helped traders acquire more furs and led to higher profits.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trade with the French flowed along the extensive network of waterways from French settlements along the St. Lawrence River like Montreal and Québec City, to posts in the interior at Mackinac and the upper Mississippi.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first trading posts were set up in Surat in 1619. Over the next few years, several other trading posts were set up in Madras, Bombay and Calcutta.