French Fur Trade
Definition
The French fur trade was an economic activity in New France throughout the 16th to 18th Centuries where Europeans traded goods with Native Americans for animal furs.
Related terms
Coureurs de bois: These were independent entrepreneurial French-Canadian woodsman who traveled in New France and the interior of North America to trade with Native Americans, usually for furs.
Hudson's Bay Company: This British company controlled much of the fur trade out of Hudson Bay and competed directly with French traders.
Beaver Wars: A series of conflicts fought in the mid-17th century over control of the lucrative fur trade in North America.
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