Fur Trade

What is the fur trade?

1.student.britannica.com/elementary/art/print?i...

This picture told me about the fur trade. In this picture, the native people were trading fur for supplies at the place called the trading post. The fur trade was one of the earliest and the moat important industries in North America. It was a booming business in North America from the 1500s through the 1800s. The Native Americans used animal furs to exchange for weapons, metal goods and other supplies.











2.www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=18129

This picture showed a lot of furs. Actually, the fur trade was the oldest industry in Canada. The fur trading industry played a major role in the development of the United States and Canada for more than 3oo years. It made money for Canada,but it was bad for animals. They were suffering to be killed.






3. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/02/flying_fur.p

This is a picture of beaver. It was a kind of animals that be traded by Canadians. Europeans traded beaver fur to make pelt hats became the most valuable of these furs. The fur trade prospered until the mid-1800's,when fur-bearing animals became scarce and silk hats became more popular than pelt hats made with beaver. Today,almost all trappers sell their pelts.











4.www.mcq.org/code/en/objects/furs-18.html
This is a picture of fur trade. In this picture, some animals' furs are here. It made me uncomfortable. It was very wild and cruel to kill them. The fur trade is a bloody business. It killed many lives of animals. This is bad for humans to live.



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This picture shows me a store of fur trade. There are many carcasses be sent. The furs are beautiful, but they always make me think of the blood. It may kill so many animals to get these furs. How aggressive the people were!