Hello‚ and welcome to “Learn More‚ Teach More.” It has been more than five centuries since Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. We know a great deal about Columbus‚ of course‚ and about the Europeans and Africans who crossed the Atlantic after him. We know much less about the “Indians‚” as Columbus mistakenly called them—the people already living in America. But we are learning more all the time‚ so I want to talk about early contacts between Native Americans and newcomers. We now estimate
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The Minnesota fur trade was one of the original economic exchanges in the United States with roots as far back as the 1500’s. What would become an influential enterprise that would drive a new wave of settlers and the beginnings of an economic infrastructure in Minnesota‚ started with very primitive beginnings and included a wide breadth of participants. Thus‚ this revolutionary enterprise that was mostly over by the 1840’s was paramount to Minnesota’s statehood. To understand the significance
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The Illegal Fur Trade: A Modern Day Cruella DeVille If someone hears about puppies being caught to make coats for fashion they might think about the Disney villian ‘Cruella DeVille’ and probably not stop to entertain the thought that it just might be true. Well‚ it is. The fur trading industry is alive and kicking every day and every night. All types of animals are being murdered to make fur‚ from regal tigers to little hamsters and‚ most horrifyingly‚ domesticated cats and dogs. Some animals
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Pueblos drove the Spanish out of New Mexico for twelve years.. This was called the Pueblo revolt of 1680. Unfortunately for the natives the Spanish ended up coming back. Quebec Quebec was founded in 1608 by French settlers looking for a beneficial fur trade. As soon as the French landed they struck up an alliance with the Algonkin‚ Montagnais‚ Huron tribes. These natives were the leading traders in the region. The French greatly benefited with this alliance‚ but it also brought a major problem. It brought
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FIELD TRIP – Maria Lynn Tassone Grade 6 – First Nation Peoples and European Explorers Specific Expectation * Describe the expansion of European influence through the founding of the first trading posts (e.g. Fort William) and explain how the fur trade served the interests of both the Europeans and the First Nation peoples. Location: Fort William Historical Park Field Trip Planning Check List * Set your goals and learning objectives- what are the students going to learn? How are
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Trade has been practiced since the beginning of time and is traced back to the early civilizations of Earth. It is a method of buying and selling to gain wealth and resources necessary for survival. When trade caused European pioneers to explore the rest of the world around them‚ they found the Americas. Then‚ they realized that the indigenous people of the New World had resources that the settlers needed so together the two communities bartered. Later on‚ trade branched out and became a system between
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its cover however and the Europeans’ learned that. Native American towns were scarce and often small; biggest one had approximately 30 houses (Document 2). They wore loose deer skin mantles and aprons around their waste that were made of the same fur. They had no edged tools or weapons for defense and had no idea on how to make proper tools in case of attacking the Europeans’. Their defense was armor that they made out of sticks that were held together by thread and shields that were made of bark
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the Indian Ocean region endured both change and continuity. One continuity is simply trade‚ for this 1‚100 years the Indian Ocean was an important trading zone. One change in Indian Ocean trade over those years was which country dominated trade there. Over those years the Indian Ocean was controlled by the Indians‚ the Arabs‚ the Chinese‚ and last but not least the Europeans. There was continuity and change in trade in the Indian Ocean over the aforementioned years. In the Indian Ocean from 650
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The Native Americans were considered heathens. By Christianizing the tribes‚ American missionaries believed they could save souls and they became among the first to cross the Mississippi River. Economic motives were paramount for others. The fur trade had been dominated by European trading companies since colonial times. German immigrant John Jacob Astor was one of the first American entrepreneurs to challenge the Europeans. He became a millionaire in the process. The desire for more land brought
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Fair Trade. I don’t think that knowing about the origins of the product is important. When I go out to a store and buy something‚ sometimes I look and care what it’s made of‚ but not every time. For instance when I buy food and stuff like that‚ I often just like closely at the food I buy. How delicious it looks and what condition it’s in. When I buy clothes I want to know where it’s from and “how” it’s made. Once I bought a cap from a site that sells clothes‚ caps and boots on the internet.
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