Fur Trade

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Accommodation in the Middle Ground

Accommodation in the Middle Ground

From the Pays d’en Haut to Illinois and Michigan Territory (1670-1818)

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

This chapter continues to explore Métis history, looking at the stories of various families and individuals as well as migrations/communities in different parts of North America. ; ; 48 $4.80 Add
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Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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British North America, the American Revolution, and Land

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter takes a look at British rule in North America in the late eighteenth century, Mi’kmaq treaty negotiations, the impact of the westward movement of the Fur Trade on Indigenous … 13 $1.30 Add
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Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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Companies and Competition

Selkirk, the Saulteaux, and the Re-establishment of Monopoly in the 1820s

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses the flourishing of the Hudson Bay Company as it triumphed over its competition and discusses westward expansion, the Selkirk settlement and the Saulteaux. 12 $1.20 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

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Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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“Enclosure,” Land Policy, Social Differentiation, and Early Class Formation, 1795–1850

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses land enclosure in Canada I the first part of the nineteenth century as settlement and development continued in relation to Indigenous populations and early class formation. 16 $1.60 Add
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Excesses of Exploitation

Indigenous Resentment and Resistance on the Changing Fur Trade Frontier, 1820–70

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses the expansion of the fur trade in Canada in the nineteenth century to British Columbia and the Pacific coast under the Hudson Bay’s Company James Douglas, and … 12 $1.20 Add
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Introduction

Introduction

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

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La Haute-Louisiane and the Far West

La Haute-Louisiane and the Far West

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

This chapter looks at the history of French-descended Canadiens, Creole, and Métis populations in the area of Louisiana and the Far West. It looks at biases and inaccuracies in the … ; ; 48 $4.80 Add
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Michigan Territory From the War of 1812 to Statehood in 1837

Michigan Territory From the War of 1812 to Statehood in 1837

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

This chapter focuses on the period following the end of the War of 1812, and the experiences of Canadien and Métis descendants as well as Indigenous communities in North America during this … ; ; 40 $4.00 Add
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Part I

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The Earl

From: Unsettled

Part I recounts the Earl of Selkirk’s conception of the Red River Settlement in modern-day Manitoba, consisting of two hundred displaced Scottish colonists. Part I includes the following … 24 $2.40 Add
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Part II

Part II

Miles McDonnell

From: Unsettled

Part II describes the ongoing establishment of the Red River Settlement, and the role played Miles McDonnell, who was appointed to head the colony by the Earl of Selkirk in 1813. Part II includes … 142 $14.20 Add
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Part III

Part III

Colin Robertson

From: Unsettled

Part III describes the role of Colin Robertson, senior clerk of the Hudson’s Bay Trading Company, in the continued story of the Red River Settlement. Part III includes the following … 86 $8.60 Add
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Part IV

Part IV

Robert Semple

From: Unsettled

Part IV describes the settlement under leadership of Robert Semple, Governor in Chief of the Red River Settlement, culminating in the Battle of Seven Oaks. Part IV includes the following … 35 $3.50 Add
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Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890
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Settlement in an Age of Mercantilism

Chartered Companies, Clash of Empires, 1500–1700

From: Colonialism and Capitalism: Canada's Origins 1500-1890

This chapter discusses mercantilism and the beginnings of chartered companies such as the Hudson Bay Company and European settlement in Canada as the European empires sought to expand their trade … 10 $1.00 Add
Songs Upon the Rivers

Songs Upon the Rivers

The Buried History of the French-Speaking Canadiens and Métis from the Great Lakes and the Mississippi across to the Pacific

“A major undertaking … a valuable contribution,” Canada’s History Long before the Davy Crocketts, the Daniel Boones and Jim Bridgers, the French had pushed far west and north establishing trade … ; ; 448 View
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The Black Robes Return

The Black Robes Return

From: Songs Upon the Rivers

This chapter looks at the Black Robes and Catholic church’s role in some of the history of French-descended and French-speaking populations in North America. ; ; 43 $4.30 Add