How did the fur trade affect relations between new Netherlands and new france?

Answer 1

The French and English were intractable enemies before, during, and after the North American fur trade caused friction between the world's superpowers. One might say, therefore, that it had no impact on the French - Engllish relationship. BUT, if we look at the microcosm of the St. Lawrence River (and environs) and upstate New York, we find a mercantile competition. The European powers had armed conflicts with the Indians, but as the Europeans settled along the St. Lawrence (plus approx 5 miles inland on each riverbank, the French argued that they had come for the furs and to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. This argument fell on sympathetic Indian ears. The French fur trader was called a coureur-de-bois -- woods runner -- and as an individual wanted the furs exclusively. The Jesuit priests tried mightily to convert the Indians, but were frustrated by the behavior of the coureur-de-bois who often kept squaws in each tribal village they conducted trade. It is true that the English settler wanted land. Though willing to pay for it, once bought, the settler wanted the Indian to move off. But England had an advantage in the fur trade... they paid higher prices than the French and had higher quality goods for trade. What were the Indians to do? Another factor to consider is Indian politics. The Iroquois (arguably the largest and fiercest forest fighters) didn't feel threatened by the French and therefore allied with them. There was a down side for the French to having the Iroquois nations as allies. Other New England tribes (e.g., Mohicans) felt threatened by the Iroquois and allied with the English solely for that reason -- hatred of their traditional enemy. Finally, the geography of North America played a role. The French settled along the inland rivers of the continent. Consider their settlement locations: New Orleans, St. Louis, Louisville, Detroit, Montreal, and Quebec. This is the natural result of inland waterways used to transport the furs to market. The colonists in Virginia were the match thrown into the North American powder keg. Virginia claimed that their colony stretched westward to the Pacific. Tracing your finger from Virginia westward you see why the French were alarmed by this claim as it cut their North American empire in half! War became not a question of IF, but WHEN. In summary, the fur trade impacted the relationship between the Europeans from the fierce competition for the overtrapped furs, territorial claims and intentions, and the Virginian claim that hastened armed conflict on the continent. But I truly believe the machinations in the royal courts in London and Paris, the European causes of the Seven Years War were at the heart of the conflict we call the French and Indian War.

Answer 2

the fur trade affected the people of Canada(the natives) by:

• they got new things such as pots and pans, guns, trinkets, knifes, cutlery
• the natives religion was changed to christian by the English: which made them not savages and other tribe's thought they were weak because they could not kill therefore they were killed off
• disease was brought from the English...small pocks, tuberculosis, common cold, influenza, and chicken pocks. theses diseases were deathly because the natives did not have immunity to any of this ( at one point 90% of the native population was killed off due to diseases)
• the natives got cheap things for expensive fur but it was worth it to them
• there was a big fight over Canada on the plains of Abraham between the English and the french....both leaders of the french(montcalm) and the English (wolfe) died in battle, but Wolfe lived long enought to hear that he won(the English won)
• the fur trade sometimes divided different tribes

Answer 3

It increased conflict because of control. There were issues over who controlled how much of the fur trade.

Answer 4

there were many battles, four major wars were ensued because of it, it affected them because new Netherlands was more prosperous than new France.

Answer 5

it made them fight by Jake nelson bam

Answer 6

It and fishing created Canada's economy.

Answer 7

It helped to bring traders to the area

Answer 8

I think because of the fur trade

Answer 9

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