Question

What were the effects of fur trade in the Americas?

Answer 1

The fur trade resulted in many long term effects that negatively impacted Native people throughout North America, such as starvation due to severely depleted food resources, dependence on European and Anglo-American goods, and negative impacts from the introduction of alcohol-which was often exchanged for furs.

Answer 2

1. Possible Answers:

-end result was European control, which cost the native peoples control over their own affairs.

-Natives lost violent conflicts, which cost lives.

-The native way of life was replaced by European culture in many cases.

-New diseases cost the native people many lives.

2. Mestizo

3. criollos or creoles.

4. Fur trade in the Americas caused conflicts between native groups and European states. American beaver populations diminished and native trappers had to push farther inland in search of hides.

Explanation: Took the test, these are the answers to all four questions.