Benefits of Trade for Europeans with Native Americans

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In the mid 1800’s trade with Native Americans in the North West was extremely popular. One of the names associated with early trade in the North West is Hudson’s Bay Company. Hudson’s Bay was an English company that would trade goods to the indigenous people for furs, provisions, and other things. Trade with Native Americans was extremely popular during this time because the Native Americans desperately wanted what the Europeans had. That is why I think that the Europeans were benefited more by this trade agreement then the indigenous people of the North West. One example of something that benefited the Europeans more was the clash of the two cultures. While both the indigenous people and the Europeans were introduced to new ideas and skills, the Europeans were benefitted more because they incorporated the new ideas into their culture. They did not drop parts of their already existing culture to use the new goods they were getting from the Native Americans. For instance, the Europeans had never used beaver fur before the Native Americans had traded the furs to them, but this did no...

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