HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Red River Colony, North West Company, Settler Colonialism
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Last week"s quiz: what is the name of the site of the final battle between wolfe and montcalm that led to the. British conquest of quebec: plains of abraham. British lost control of the 13 colonies of north america. 1812: the us and british were back at it. The northwest territory (hbc 1670 to 1763) Indigenous trappers: were harvesting the animals. Indigenous traders (middlemen: negotiating and transferring fur from indigenous trappers. The fur trade in the northwest was fairly different. The territories we look at are sovereign indigenous territories. In 1607, hudson was employed by the muscovy company to find the path to asia via the north pole (voyage) He made several voyages to north america, first being in 1607. During his 1609, hudson did not find a northwest passage: dutch east india company voyage. Strait of anian: fable passage b/w asia and north america. 1609 and 1610: important voyages of henry hudson.
