SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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ship captains who steered explorers through treacherous waterways.
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Native American wives of French traders.
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French colonists who lived and worked in Native American lands.
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mythical animals the French wanted to trap for valuable fur.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -In the 17th century, voyageurs were often coureurs des bois-unlicensed traders responsible for delivering trade goods from suppliers to Indigenous peoples. The implementation of the trading licence system in 1681 set voyageurs apart from coureurs des bois, who were then considered outlaws of sorts.
Detailed explanation-3: -They travelled extensively by canoe. Coureurs des bois lost their importance in the fur trade by the early 18th century. Yet, even while their numbers were dwindling, the coureur des bois developed as a symbol of the colony, creating a lasting myth that would continue to define New France for centuries.
Detailed explanation-4: -Coureurs des bois were itinerant, unlicenced fur traders from New France. They were known as “wood-runners” to the English on Hudson Bay and “bush-lopers” to the Anglo-Dutch of New York.
Detailed explanation-5: -coureur de bois, (French: “wood runner”) French Canadian fur trader of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Most of the coureurs de bois traded illicitly (i.e., without the license required by the Quebec government).