The fur trade started off as a supplement to the fishing industry. When a wide-brimmed felted furry hat came into fashion in the seventeenth century. There was an insatiable demand for beaver pelts. The beaver fur assured that it would make the perfect felters and hatters. Beaver fur was made up of two different kinds of hairs or filaments.
By the 1500s, Europe had destroyed almost their source of fur. The occurrence of the “little ice age” resulted in panic from European countries and a ridiculously high demand for furs. This made fur prices rise and Merchants hungry to sell them. This is similar to when China began to use silver as their national currency, which made merchants eager to trade with them. Different from one another, the fur trade was incredibly competitive in the Americas.
Another issue HBC has faced as a Canadian icon is that the fur trade is looked down upon due
When they found out about all the fur in Canada, they began
Amongst Europeans, fur clothing was popular, and the new abundance of fur bearing animals in North America fed their desires. The fur trade did however destroy the beliefs of Native American culture. The European fur trade upset the balance of the American ecosystem, enticing Native Americans to over hunt their land and go against the traditions that kept their land abundant for centuries. European traders came to America and traded with Natives for the pelts of animals. This resulted in beaver fur traders’ supply getting so low that they “could flatly declare that they had none,” The beaver, along with other fur bearing animals, had been hunted so extensively that the species became scarce.
Cartier overlooked the use of fur to make beaver pelt, which became fashionable in Europe. The French began trading fur in the 16th century, followed by the English who established a post on the Hudson Bay for trading in the 17th century. Fur trading was one of North America’s main economic markets and competition among various countries occurred. As fur trading increased and became more lucrative, John Astor was there to capitalize upon this venture, taking choice furs to Europe, a realm where the market for fur was gaining in
The North American fur trade was the economic foundation that allowed the French to live and survive in the colony they built on the St. Lawrence river. Not only did it provide a means of selling and buying goods for the people of New France, but the fur trade also stimulated their own economic development and eventually the foundation of Canada. Key to understanding how the fur trade is fundamental to Canadian history, one must look at the nature of competition the Fur trade existed in. The fur trade was a system of trading goods amongst the French, the British and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. The Europeans and the Indigenous people all mutually prospered but the competition that prevailed between these people and within their communities was extremely significant to how the fur trade shaped Canadian history.
Mexican American youths adopted a fashion style known as Zoot Suits that caused the Zoot Suit Riots, a series of conflicts in 1943 between U.S. Sailors and Mexican American youths, demonstrating fashions potential to create conflict and difference between societies. Martinez, Victor R. "Zoot Suit Revolution: The Fashion Scandal That Changed History. "LexisNexis. El Paso Times (El Paso, TX), 5 Feb. 2002. Web.
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