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Dossier 1 How was commerce organized during the era of the first occupants?. Chapter 2 – Economic development LMAC Mr.Wilson. Reminder…. What do we already know about the Aboriginal population here in Canada? Culture? History? Tools?
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Dossier 1How was commerce organized during the era of the first occupants? Chapter 2 – Economic development LMAC Mr.Wilson
Reminder… • What do we already know about the Aboriginal population here in Canada? • Culture? • History? • Tools? • Based on this, what do you think their economic system was like? (Conclusion)
Encampment Among The Islands Of Lake Huron - by Paul Kane (18180-1871)
Amerindian Trading Systems • The Iroquois and the Algonquians - Complementary economic systems. • The importance of trade relations. • Summer = time to trade! *Gift Giving is not the same…It has a very different cultural meaning.
Hopewellian Trade Complex • Archaeology – studying burial mounds • Pottery – early art form • What can Hopewell’s study show us? (Conclusion) The Amerindians covered a large territory and although they had very different cultures, they traded far and wide.
Who were the first to “Discover” North America? The Norse landed in Newfoundland approximately 5 centuries before Christopher Columbus.
The European Fisheries • The Norsemen c. 1000 A.D. • Jean Cabot - Newfoundland 1497. • Why was Newfoundland such a great discovery? • Whale hunting – why? • Contact with the Native people.
The Beginning of the Fur Trade • Europeans trading with Natives – for mutual benefit. • Trade = more then just goods, a meeting of cultures. • The Natives had furs, the Europeans had metal pots and knives. • The BARTER SYSTEM.
The Beginning of the Fur Trade • The Europeans – obsessed with beaver pelts. • The Natives thought they were a little nuts. • Animal fur was more profitable then fish. • As a result, fishing was no longer the main economic activity…
The Beginning of the Fur Trade • Pierre Chauvin - Tadoussac, 1600. • Abandoned by 1601 - Tadoussac remained in the hands of the Amerindians.
Activity 2 In your common-place books: • Research “Fishing Newfoundland” - Find three different sources (news) and discuss what is happened to the fishing industry there and why… (~100 words) [c-1] • Research “Whaling” – find three different sources and discuss, as a Canadian citizen, whether or not you agree with whale hunting and why (~100 words). [C-3]
Thank-You! pages 57-58