ECON 2420 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: The North West Company, Environmental History, Fort Astoria
29 Nov 2017
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A history of the canadian economy chapter #7: the western economy, 1713 1870. By the final decades of the (udson"s bay company charter, the social and. The era of the middleman, 1713 1770s: the (udson"s bay company, those bringing the furs, the cree and the assiniboine, french traders, tremendous technological advancement. The pattern of trade that existed through much of the 18th century rested on four elements. For the europeans, the health of the western economy in the 18th century would be assessed in terms of the fur trade: high demand for furs and a ready supply would mean economic prosperity. For natives economic prosperity throughout this period still depended less on the fur trade than on the state and movements of wild game. By the early 18th century the fur trade system was in place: the cree and assiniboine had established themselves between the fur resources and the european traders and much like the merchants of.
