Term Papers on Fur Traders

Term Paper Title	Fur Traders
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	3.07

Fur Traders

Trapping is a very important issue, which is connected
to many other larger issues. For instance, trapping lies at the
heart of the First Nation's distinct society issue. Before I talk
about the present, however, I would like to discuss whether
trapping should have been illegal when Canada was first
being settled in the 17th and 18th centuries. When the first
explorers came to the new world, it was regarded as a huge
slab of worthless rock standing between Europe and the
riches of the Orient. The only reason these explorers even
explored this continent was the hope of finding the
North-West passage, a route to the Orient. Fortunately,
while searching for this North-West passage, some of these
explorers stumbled onto a virtual magnet for settlement: The
Fur Trade. When people heard how pelts of all kinds could
be obtained so easily and sold for so much, the idea of not
settling in the new world was ridiculous. Suddenly settlers
came to this "slab of worthless rock" and tried to set up
permanent living there. Even after a few failed attempts the
draw of the fur trade was responsible for the settlement we
call New France. After the first steps toward a permanent
colony in the new world were made, the next steps came in
leaps and bounds. The French government was sending
everyone they could to settle in New France. Courieurs de
Bois, began coming to the colony to trap furs and sell them
back in France. France granted land to poor people that
were willing to risk the great voyage. The colony flourished,
and grew. It was the fur trade that was mostly responsible
for this colony. However, some think that by this point the
colony was large enough to illegalize fur trapping and still
remain a profitable colony for France. However, there is one
major reason that fur trading should have been allowed:
Relations with the Indians. Relations with the Indians were
shaky, at best. Some Indians befriended the French, and
some befriended the English. Some just gave their furs to the
highest bidder. The relationship with the Indians was more
than just a trade agreement. The wars of the Indians were
the wars of the French. Now, imagine what would happen if
one day, an Indian came to a Frenchman and offered him a
pelt. The Frenchman tells the Indian that not only will he not
buy it, but no Frenchman in New France will. Not only that,
trapping furs in the fore...

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