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The trade soon became one of the main economic drivers in North America, attracting competition amongst European nations, who maintained trade interests in the Americas. The United States sought to remove the substantial British control over the North American fur trade during the first decades of its existence. Many Indigenous peoples would ...
History of the Fur Trade in Russia Archived 2007-12-28 at the Wayback Machine; History of the Fur Trade in Wisconsin Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine; Museum of the Fur Trade, Chadron, Nebraska US; The Economic History of the Fur Trade: 1670 to 1870 (EH.Net Encyclopedia of Economic History) Fur trade in the Snake River Valley, Idaho
The United States Government Fur Trade Factory System was a system of government non-profit trading with Native Americans that existed between 1795 and 1822.. The factory system was set up on the initiative of George Washington who thought it would neutralize the influence of British traders doing business on United States territory.
The American Fur Company (AFC) was a prominent American company that sold furs, skins, and buffalo robes. [1] [2] It was founded in 1808, by John Jacob Astor, a German immigrant to the United States. [3] During its heyday in the early 19th century, the company dominated the American fur trade. The company went bankrupt in 1842 and was dissolved ...
The exploration of Native American fur and labor from European trading companies began extensively in the time period between 1600s-1700s. [6] (pg 25) The development of the fur trade led to the establishment of firm social and political boundaries between tribes as well as the establishment of coalitions and confederacies between tribes.
The term Native American Trade in this context describes the people involved in the trade. The products involved varied by region and era. In most of Canada, the term is synonymous with the fur trade , since fur for making beaver hats was by far the most valuable product of the trade, from the European point of view.
By the early 19th century, several companies established strings of fur trading posts and forts across North America. As well, the North-West Mounted Police established local headquarters at various points such as Calgary where the HBC soon set up a store.
At the start of the 19th century, the North American fur trade was expanding toward present-day Montana from two directions. Representatives of British and Canadian fur trade companies, primarily the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company, pushed west and south from their stronghold on the Saskatchewan River, while American trappers and traders followed the trail of the Lewis and ...