Study Guide for S.S. quiz on Tuesday, December 9th
Students need to know the following information that we have discussed in class:
*The main reason the French explorers came to the Great lakes region was because they were trying to sail to China to get silk and spices.
*The French wanted to trade with American Indians for beaver fur because there was a scarcity of beavers in France and people there wanted beaver hats.
*The American Indians agreed to trade with the French because they wanted to trade for goods that the French had.
*The fur trade between the French and American Indians began about 400 years ago.
*Besides French traders and explorers, French missionaries also came to Michigan. (We will discuss this on Monday.)
**Students will need to put events in order of which they happened of why and what happened when the French came to the Great Lakes Region… French explorers were looking for a sailing route to China to find silks and spices. These explorers found North America by accident and began to explore the Great Lakes region. They did not find a route to China. However, they did find the region was rich in fur-bearing animals (beavers). A fur trade began between the Indians of the Great Lakes region and the French. Soon, the British also became interested in the fur trade.