1. The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson’s Bay
Lesson 2 – Chapter 7

2. What do you know about this...?

3. Video - Canada a Peoples’ History – The Pathfinders (start at 4:00) Read pages 166 – The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson’s Bay

4. The Hudson’s Bay Company – pp. 166 – 167...
1610 — Henry Hudson first enters the bay.
— Exploration by several explorers shows the bay, later named for Hudson, is landlocked, and not the "Northwest passage" to Asia explorers sought.
1660 — Radisson and Groseilliers, asks the governor of New France for a licence to head north to seek furs - governor turned them down but they go north anyway returning with 300 canoes overflowing with furs

5. Timeline of the Hudson’s Bay Co.
English merchants hear of the profitability of the north and return to England with huge amounts of fur.
1670 — Charles II signs "Charter of the Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudson Bay," granting the Hudson's Bay Company a huge swath of land surrounding the Hudson Bay.
Prince Rupert, the HBC's leader, is named the area's first governor – however the area technically belonged to France.
1676 — The HBC exports British goods worth $650 and returns with a profit of $19,000.

6. Timeline of the Hudson’s Bay Co.
1756 — Seven Years' War begins between England and France.
1763 —Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years' War. The French government withdraws from Quebec.
1783 – Northwest Company established – creates competition for the HBC
1821 — HBC and the NWC merge - British Parliament grants the HBC 21-year monopoly over fur trade in British North America west of Upper Canada.
1838 — British government extends the Hudson's Bay Company monopoly for another 21 years.

7. Complete “Explorations” - p. 167
First Nations or Métis trapper — They get too little in return for the furs and they can’t take them anywhere else. The HBC has all the power and they have none.
North West Company partner — The HBC controls the trade and it makes all the rules. The company can serve traders and trappers better because they are meeting them in their lodges, and pay more for furs.

8. Complete “Explorations” - p. 167
HBC official — The monopoly is good for the shareholders of the company because it is profitable, it makes it easy to control the fur trade, and the trappers know who they are trading with and the conditions under which they will trade.
Cree go-between — The monopoly limits them because there is only one place to take the furs and the company dictates the price. The Cree do a lot of the work — and make less.

9. Focus on Skills: Comparing Similarities and Difference in Historical Narratives – p.168 – 169...
Reproducible Comparing Historical Narratives
When comparing historical narratives, you need to have an approach or a method when comparing narratives — and that the method you will use to complete this skill focus can be used whenever you encounter different narratives that describe the same topic.