HISB40H3 Lecture 1: HISB40 3.docx
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Hisb40 lecture #3: fish and fur: commercial networks and the making of new. Used to dileneate class + warmth; common; beavers had become extinct in europe around the same time. French? needed to create permanent settlement to dominate trade a/m other euro. nations. Signif. of trade: first colony of what became canada, later the movement westward and colon. of interior of ca. Cartier claimed the area b/ pop. was small, was trading post culture and bel. that establ. perm. settlement was nec. to protect trade from encroach. f/ other euro"s. Tadoussac: first attempt to estab. settlement but unsuccessful. Ab"s would bring furs to this place for trade and then it was brought to france for processing. Colonization schemes were expensive; harsh climate e. g. less than 1/3 of settlers at t. survived the winter and not until 1600"s early perm. settlement estab. (by champlain) St. lawrence made sense vs. coast b/c of access in the interior + great lake system.
