Territorial

Claims
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Areas of
Settlement
FEW
COLONISTS
The Fur Trade
Fort Detroit

Depiction of the 1763 Siege of Fort Detroit by Frederic Remington

Allies
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham (1845)
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham (1845)
Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham (1845)

French Trader, Half-Breed Son

(Original Title)
Father Marquette and the Indians
Wilhelm Lamprecht (1838-1906)
 FRENCH
Graphic REGION(S)
COLONIZED
Canada, Great Lakes,
Louisiana

Organizer RELIGION Catholic

INTERESTED 1. Fur Traders
PARTIES 2. Priests
PRIMARY Fur
ECONOMIC
ACTIVITY Trade
SETTLEMENTS Trading Posts
NUMBER OF FEW
French Colonization COLONISTS
of the Americas EVANGELISM? YES
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 SPANISH FRENCH
Mexico, California,
Southwest US, Comparing Canada, Great Lakes,
Louisiana
Florida

Catholic
the Catholic
1. Conquistadors
2. Priests
French 1. Fur Traders
2. Priests
Conquest and the Fur
Labor
(Encomienda) Spanish Trade
Missions Trading Posts

FEW What similarities FEW

and differences
YES YES
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Spanish BOTH French

Conquest/Labor Fur Trade

Catholic
Missions Trading Posts
Evangelism
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