Beaver Wars
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Military History, Economics, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Trade, Commerce, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Colonial History (1607-1775), American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Ohio, New York, Quebec
- Date: 1642-1685
Article abstract: The Iroquois Five Nations challenge the French-Huron trade monopoly, leading to large-scale intertribal warfare.
During the seventeenth century, the principal mode of subsistence for the Iroquois changed from farming to trapping. After the Iroquois had traded successfully with the Dutch for several decades, a seemingly insatiable demand for furs to make fashionable top hats for European gentlemen had depleted the Iroquois’ source of beaver pelts. Meanwhile, the French had become allies with the Algonquians and Hurons to the north,...
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