HIST 3850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Gun Control, Matchlock, Lynching
4 Dec 2015
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The french needed the cooperation of the natives. They had to make sure fur was not sold to english colonies. English on one side, french on the others. One of the very first killings took place in 1609. Samuel de champlain, governor of new france was with the native allies with french. English and french had first banned guns to the natives; the natives then turned to the dutch. The french then started selling weapons to natives who had converted to. Many militia men could not afford guns, so they wanted the gvt to supply guns. For example, in 1744 new france militia had 11, 285 men but only 7260 muskets. Brunswick militia, you had 10,000 men but only 455 muskets. 1792- every eligible man to purchase a gun. These men had to report annually their muskets. As the nation developed, agriculture became more important. In the year 1861, ontario reported 100 something thousand pounds of gunpowder.
