Focus Questions
How did economic competition shape the fur trade?
What roles did French, British, First Nations and Métis peoples play in the fur trade?
What impacts did the fur trade have on diverse peoples?
What is Competition?
Is competition good or bad?
What are some of the bad aspects of competition?
How can competition be used to encourage positive results?
Aside from creating economic competition throughout the land, competition also had an affect on the people involved. To help us understand the impact, the fur trade has been broken into 5 phases.
Phase 1 - The Early Fur Trade
Phase 2 - Expansion Inland
Phase 3 - Rival Networks
Phase 4 - The Drive West
Phase 5 - Monopoly in the West