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Title: Canada Moves West Arrival of Settlers


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Canada Moves WestArrival of Settlers
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A. Arrival of Settlers
  • Economic Impact
  • fur trade a great economic endeavor for HBC and
    NWC
  • In todays dollars a multi-million dollar
    industry
  • Fur trade violence
  • competition between HBC and NWC resulted in price
    wars
  • often led to ambushes and violence and death
  • Lord Selkirk, a rich Scot, waded into rivalry
    when he founded Red River Colony (HBC fort)

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  • Impact of Red River Colony
  • NWC saw colony of transplanted Scots as threat to
    their fur trading business
  • resulted in Pemmican War of 1814 and Battle of
    Seven Oaks
  • fierceness of competition almost bankrupted the
    two companies
  • Merger of HBC and NWC
  • under strong suggestion from British govt, they
    amalgamated and became the HBC in 1821
  • New Leadership for HBC
  • George Simpson appointed governor of Ruperts
    Land and new HBC
  • he governed the interior of Canada for the next
    40 years
  • Simpson a powerful man nicknamed the Little
    Emperor
  • his leadership insured survival of HBC
  • ideas included conservation of fur bearing animals
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