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Article: French-English Rivalries
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French-English Rivalries
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Fur Trade.
The trade in animal pelts between North America and Europe began in the late sixteenth century, after the French arrived on the Saint Lawrence River. The French supplied metal and glass goods, textiles, and firearms and ammunition while the Indians initially traded the beaver robes they used during the winters and annually discarded. After the arrival of the English in the
early seventeenth century native traders negotiated for the best deal, playing one European colony against another. Access to British firepower made the League of the Iroquois the most powerful native group in the Great Lakes region. In the mid 1600s they defeated the ...
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