1. RIVAL NETWORKS The Fur Trade from 1670-1760

2. Canada in the 18 th Century

3. HOW DID ECONOMIC COMPETITION SHAPE THE FUR TRADE? How did people get rich? Image: Modifications of the beaver hat Horace T. Martin HBCA, PAM 1987/363-C-308/2 (N58-98) Taken From Castorologia, published in London, 1892 Hudson’s Bay Company Archives Provincial Archives of Manitoba http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/_popups/PAMp58-98_e.htm http://www.canadiana.org/hbc/chrono/chrono_e.html

4. Who Competed for the Furs? Who were they?Who did they work for?How did they connected to the land? Hudson Bay Co Middlemen Voyageurs Metis

5. What was the Hudson’s Bay Co http://archives.cbc.ca/economy_business/consumer_goods/clips/2740/ The king of England's cousin, Prince Rupert, knew that there was money to be made in the fur trade. The king gave Prince Rupert and his partners a charter, which gave thecharter company a monopoly.monopoly On May 6, 1670, Hudson's Bay Company (or HBC, for short) was formed. It was given all the land whose rivers drained into the Hudson Bay, which became known as Rupert's Land.

6. Into the Wild… Adam Sherriff Scott Reproduced with the permission of the Hudson’s Bay Company From the HBC Corporate Collection Hudson's Bay Company trade was not only a one way trade in furs to Europe – it also involved huge amounts of European goods going to North America. These goods included many things: gunpowder, bullets, kettles and pots, beads, weapons, tobacco, fishing hooks, needles, scissors, and much more. These were items that local people could not make themselves. Britain had a very expensive war with France at the end of the 17th century. The French were very successful, and by 1697 had captured all of Hudson's Bay Company forts except for one: Fort Albany. It would be 16 years before Britain regained the others.

7. Trading Routes

8. Respond pg 119. Economic Competition became a central feature of the fur trade during from 1670-1760 List some examples of how this competition built connections among diverse peoples List some examples of how it created conflict among diverse peoples. Based on your list, would you say economic competition made coexistence easier of harder to achieve among diverse people? How did geography affect Britain's choice of a fur trade territory for the Hudson’s Bay Co. Consider that Britain defined Rupert's Land as the territory containing rivers that drained into Hudson Bat. Why was the connection between rivers and the bay important?