The French Colonies of North AmericaFrom Ch. 5 Canada & Iroquoia and Ch. 16 French AmericaDylan DeFatta

American Colonies 5 – Canada and Iroquoia As trade increased between the Natives and

the Europeans, so did demand & dependency on traded goods

A possible cutoff in trade would lead to hunger & destitution for the Indians, as a result they saw it as an act of war

Europeans needed the Indians as allies and so agreed to restrain prices and work with their trade protocols, effectively cultivating neccessary alliances

American Colonies 5 – Canada and Iroquoia Fur trade became very

important Occasionally some

mariners interrupted trade to kidnap Indians, took them to Europe & put them on display or trained them to assist future voyages

This did not stop trade relations due to their great importance to the native people

American Colonies 5 – Canada and Iroquoia The Montagnais, Algonkin and Huron tribes were

vital to the Canadian French’s fur supply As their price of business they expected the

French to help them fight the Five Nation Iroquois & under pressure to choose, sided with the Northern tribes and fought two bloody wars thanks to the introduction of firearms in Indian warfare

Hostility between the two groups became necessary when Dutch trade goods were introduced; the Iroquois hostility acted as a barrier to keep the northern Indians from traveling south to trade with the Dutch at lower prices

American Colonies 5 – Canada and Iroquoia This “New France” was

sustained by a Catholic group aimed at converting the Indians: the Jesuits

Disease wiped out a large portion of Iroquois population

Trade, alliance and war entangled Europeans and Indians in ways nobody could have predicted