HIST 1082 Study Guide - Eurasian Beaver, Egon Brunswik, Atlantic World
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The french in the atlantic world 11/9/12: english atlantic expansion protestant colonies were growing along east coast of. America: french catholic colonies along canada, middle east, caribbean colonies relied on slave labor and sugar cane. Narrow strip of territory between montreal and quebec as well as south. Only after war of religion was france stable enough to colonize: grand banks fishermen (1504, fishermen from normandy and brittany settled fishing grounds in new world. Travelled from canada by canoe every year with goods to trade with. Native americans: sell to merchants and reinvest their products in trade goods, as it became more necessary to travel further and further into the interior of the continent, trading posts became set up. Anchor points for french alliances with native americans: most of the profits from this trade was when pelts were sold back in europe, for fur traders who went into interior to trade, made profit from trade.
