1. What company established the 1st American fur trading post and what present day city was it located next to? ________________________________________________________________________
2. What’s the name of the person who owned the company? _________________________________________________
3. What was the name of this American fort? _____________________________________________
II. British Fur Traders
4. What British company established fort Vancouver? ______________________________
5. Describe where fort Vancouver was located? ________________________________________________________________________
6. Where did many of the people at Fort Vancouver come from? ________________________________________________________________________
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III. Popularity of Fur
7. What was the main business of the trading forts? _______________________________
8. Fur from beavers was made into what popular item (s)? __________________________
9. By what time was the fur era over? ___________________________________________
10. What helped end the fur era? ________________________________________________________________________
11. What did the forts help encourage even after the fur era?
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