1. Americans get jealous -The Bachelor

2. How did the Americans get here? -1807 - Manuel Lisa, - Fort Ramon

3. Lisa goes big. (Or so he thinks…) -Two years later -Missouri Fur Company -Crow Country

4. Nice try, Manuel!  -1810  -blackfeet  -siege  -20 dead

5. William Ashley and the Rocky Mountain Trapping System. -Ad in St. Louis Newspaper -100 men sign up -Introverts in love with outdoors -money -Poor job prospects -independence - worked alone or in groups

6. William Ashley hosts a party

7. Wheeling and dealing at the rendezvous  Buyers from St. Louis bring the goods  Trappers bring the furs

8. Let the festivities begin!  Competitions -Target shooting -races  Music tents  Dancing  Singing  socializing

9. John Jacob Astor  American Fur Company (1808)  German immigrant  Astoria, Oregon  Fort Union  Violence

10. Steamboats create a monopoly  First steamboat arrives in Fort Union  Fort Mckenzie on the Marias River  No more Blackfeet resistance