Question

Amercian fur traders

1. What company established the 1st American fur trading post and what present day city was it located next to? ________________________________________________________________________


2. What’s the name of the person who owned the company? _________________________________________________


3. What was the name of this American fort? _____________________________________________



II. British Fur Traders


4. What British company established fort Vancouver? ______________________________


5. Describe where fort Vancouver was located? ________________________________________________________________________



6. Where did many of the people at Fort Vancouver come from? ________________________________________________________________________


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III. Popularity of Fur


7. What was the main business of the trading forts? _______________________________


8. Fur from beavers was made into what popular item (s)? __________________________


9. By what time was the fur era over? ___________________________________________


10. What helped end the fur era? ________________________________________________________________________


11. What did the forts help encourage even after the fur era?


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Answer 1

1. The first American fur trading post was established by the John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, and it was located next to present-day St. Louis, Missouri.

2. The person who owned the company was John Jacob Astor.

3. The name of this American fort was Fort Astoria.

4. The British company that established Fort Vancouver was the Hudson's Bay Company.

5. Fort Vancouver was located in the Pacific Northwest region of present-day United States and Canada, on the north bank of the Columbia River in what is now Vancouver, Washington.

6. Many of the people at Fort Vancouver came from England, Scotland, and other parts of Europe.

7. The main business of the trading forts was the trading of furs, especially beaver pelts.

8. Fur from beavers was made into popular items such as hats, coats, and gloves.

9. The fur era was over by the mid-1800s.

10. The fur era ended due to a number of factors, including the depletion of beaver populations in many areas, the increasing popularity of silk and other materials for hat-making, and the growing opposition to the fur trade by animal welfare activists.

11. The forts helped encourage the growth of other industries, such as agriculture and trade, even after the fur era.