1. Fur Traders Read page 136 – Current Issues Update
Tell your partner about the most interesting experience you have had with local wildlife.

2. Copy Down Vocabulary – All on Page 137
Beaver
Fort Astoria
Fort Vancouver
Hudson’s bay Company
Dr. John McLoughlin
NW Fur Company
Pacific Fur Company
Rocky Mountain Fur Co.
Read through

3. Introduction Video tM

4. Read Overview The PNW is a perfect habitat for who?
Cold winters
Mountainous terrain
Dense forests
Abundant fresh and saltwater bodies
Sparse human population
Explorers recognized the money making opportunity
1st economic activity

5. Overview Most profitable fur bearing animals Trapped by who?
Beaver
Sea Otter
Fox
Trapped by who?
Biggest centuries for fur trade sales:
18th and 19th centuries
High prices and high demand

6. What was the importance of the fur trade in the PNW?
Economic success in the PNW
Expanded exploration
Established settlements
Initiated domestic and international trade

7. Reading Assignment
Read pages

8. Quiz Name 2 reasons the fur trade was important in the PNW. (2 pts.)
Why/what was fur valuable for?
Name 2 of the 3 markets for fur? (2 pts.)

9. The Fur Trade Era 1st migrational flows
Native Americans
Non-Native American Explorers
Both recognized the financial benefits
Went from the 1780s to the 1840s
The demand for furs was strong
Western Europe and the U.S. both used them to make hats and coats

10. The Fur Trade Era Ctd. 3 Major Markets for fur
Western Europe
Eastern United States
Northern China
E.C. Which market paid the most for goods?
Who trapped animals?
Native Americans
French Canadians
Mountain Men
British and American

11. What was traded? Furs from Native Americans
Colored cloth, colored beads, guns, ammunition, whiskey, metal objects, and trinkets to Native Americans
Supply and Demand

12. Fur Profits Read page 141 Takeaways Who benefited from the fur trade?
China was where the most money was made
Sailed around the tip of South America
Who benefited from the fur trade?

13. The Four Fur Companies
Read Introduction from page

14. Assignment Read Pages 142-151
Answer Questions 1-3, and 5-9 on page 153

15. Explorers Page 116 – Current Issues Update
Write Down Keys to Understanding
Read Overview

16. Assignment Read Pages 118 – 126
Spanish Exploration through Russian Exploration

17. Read through Vocabulary

18. Explorers Earliest explorers were who? Europeans arrived in 1542 A.D.
Where did they come from?
Europeans arrived in 1542 A.D.
What were the barriers keeping them out?

19. Why did non-Native Americans come to the PNW?
In search of the NW passage
For personal adventure
Economic profit
To civilize and convert Native Americans
To establish political control
To acquire and own land

20. Countries in the Pacific Northwest
What 4 countries had a hand in exploring the PNW?
Russia
Britain
Spain
The U.S.
Prime Exploring Period: 1770 – 1850

21. How did they explore? Horseback Walking Covered wagon
Sailing Ships around South America

22. Spanish Exploration 15th and 16th Centuries
Spain and Portugal were among the major powers of Europe and the world

23. Spanish Interests Control of advanced Native American civilizations
Acquiring Mineral Riches
Silver and Gold
Finding the elusive western entrance to the NW Passage
Spain didn’t accomplish any of these goals

24. British Exploration What do you remember? Fiercely competed with Spain
Both had powerful navies
Spain had gold and the South Atlantic
England had the North Atlantic
Both wanted to find the NW passage to get to the “oriental”

25. What was the NW Passage? Why was it valuable to go to China?
Why couldn’t Europeans go by land?
Who finally discovered the NW Passage?
Why don’t we use it today?

26. Explorers Who was Sir Francis Drake? Who was Captain George Vancouver?
Read pages
What do these men and their stories demonstrate in regards to the relationship between Spain and Britain?
What is the result in the PNW?

27. The Columbia River
Read Page 125

28. Early Sea Exploration Results
Explored the Coast
Neither established colonies
Neither developed the economic potential

29. Russian Exploration Held a minor role Did have some accomplishments
Discovered the Bering Strait
Exploration of the surrounding islands
Establishment of fur trapping and trading posts
Adding Alaska to the Russian Empire and Hawaii as a fur trading post

30. Assignment
Worksheet

31. Assignment Read Pages 126-133 for Friday
Pick an explorer that you would like to present to the class on
Explorers of choice are on page 121. Others may be chosen as well.

32. Review
Read through Keys to Understanding

33. The United States Exploration
3 Major Expeditions – Read on page 126
Captain Robert Gray – 1792
Lewis and Clark –
Lieutenant Charles Wilkes –
Gray’s Expedition
Claimed Columbia River
Brought the U.S. to the forefront of exploration

34. The U.S. Exploration Ctn. Main points Lewis and Clark’s story
French Revolution – Napoleon to Power
New Orleans
The Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark’s story
Look at worksheet

35. Project Explanation
Explorer Choice – Randomizer