Chapter 4, Lesson 2
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Unit 1
Early Canada
Lesson 2
What was the most significant difference between the English and the French fur trades?
- Hudson's Bay Company
- Métis
- voyageur
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Was there a difference between what the English and the French wanted from the fur trade?
In the early days of the fur trade, the French government influenced the fur trade and the economy of New France because the king controlled the fur trade to benefit the colony.The English did not want to establish colonies. The English King wanted only to make money from the Hudson’s Bay Company.