The Fur Trade Case Study

The society of New France was circled around key components such as life on the farm, brief visits they made to the main settlements, and the hold that the Catholic church applied to their spiritual needs. The main business in New France at the time was the Fur trade. The fur trade was extremely important and played a huge role in the historical development of New France, being the lure of the resources that convinced the French to establish a permanent residence in the St. Lawrence River Valley in the early 17th century. The French were also motivated to expand into the Great Lake regions, the Mississippi, Ohio, Illinois river valleys and the Hudson Bay watershed. Although the fur trade was huge in business, not everyone helped out with it.
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