ECON 2P19 Lecture Notes - British Subject, Anachronism, Main Source
7 Mar 2014
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European companies: transportation was difficult and, if the timing relative to seasons was wrong, highly dangerous, these two groups were located in a strategic position geographically. Quebec did not alter the fundamental rivalry between the two major routes to the. If the new companies could be driven out of business, then all was well, if not, then the best practice, at least as far as the north west company was concerned, was to absorb them. In 1794, the british signed jay"s treaty with the united states, handing over thousands of square kilometres of british-occupied territory south and west of the. Great lakes: the southwest fur trade was reserved for american citizens. In 1798, two new montreal firms emerged to challenge the supremacy of the. In 1774, it established fort cumberland on the saskatchewan river, about 400 kilometres southwest of york factory. It spread westward along the saskatchewan system and its tributaries until, in.
