Indiana History Wk 6 The Importance of the Fur Trade

The fur trade was not very profitable for France or England

Help from Native American tribes wasn't necessary for the fur trade to be successful

Controlling the hunting and trading territories was very important to France and England

The French and English colonists trapped the fur-bearing animals and sold the furs to the Native Americans

Explorers wanted to live in Asia

Explorers planned to send their children to good schools in Asia

There were pleanty of fur-bearing animals in Asia to trap and trade

In Asia, they would buy and sell spices not found in their own countries