Question

Many Native Americans were eager to trade with Europeans for advanced weaponry.What was an economic effect of this trade

Answer 1

Native Americans began to hunt more beavers so they could trade the pelts for muskets.

Step-by-step explanation:

The most prized piece of European weaponry to obtain was a musket, or light, long-barreled European gun. To trade with Europeans for these, native peoples intensified their harvesting of beaver, commercializing their traditional practice.

Answer 2

Native Americans began harvesting the raw materials used to make muskets and gunpowder.

Step-by-step explanation:

Native Americans began to hunt more beavers so they could trade the pelts for muskets. Native Americans stopped trading with other tribes because now they could use muskets to steal from one another.