HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Kig (Software), Gabriel Sagard, Joseph Le Caron
31 Oct 2016
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Pierre gaultier de varennes, sieur de la v rendrye. Agriculture in nf was limited and was not a major economic strive. Many had to trade foods, hunt wild animals. Fur trade is the primary economic resource of nf that defined the relationship between indig and french. To establish diplomatic the french wanted to establish themselves in the region in order to have access to resources. Wendat had access to some european goods from the fisheries. By 1609 within a matter of months of the quebec colony, wendake would send people to establish a trade and military alliance. Champlain forged a trade relationship w/ algonquin, innu and. These nations wanted to trade w/ the french so they can conquer the mohawks: battle of lake champlain (1609) Hodassou established a relationship w/ the british just as wendat establishes one w/ the french. The alliance and battle results: furs, minerals, passage to asia. 1615: champlain establishes formal alliance with wendat.
