Hudson Bay Company 1670 to 1750 Key

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Hudson Bay Company 1670 to 1750 Key

• Questions for Reading
• Role of Coureur de Bois in New France was to
  bring back furs and explore lands to the west and
  north seeking new fur area and looking for the
  Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean
• Radisson and Groseilliers turned to the English
  when the government of New France refused to
  assist them
• HBC formed in 1670 they got control of all lands
  drained by the Hudson Bay extending to the
  Rockies
• York Factory
• The Cree acted as middlemen, taking European
  goods to inland groups, and bringing the furs to
  the HBC