How did the fur trade affect the interactions of the First Nations, the French, and the British in Canada?

The fur trade provided Indigenous peoples with European goods that they could use for gift-giving ceremonies , to improve their social status and to go to war. The French forged military alliances with their Indigenous allies in order to maintain good trade and social relations.

Explanation:

First Nations people gathered furs and brought them to posts to trade for textiles, tools, guns, and other goods.The exchange benefited both of the trade partners because they each had something that the other valued and did not have. Beaver was so valuable that it became almost like money.

The fur trade was the most important industry in New France. With the money they made from furs, the French sent settlers to Canada. These were mainly traders and religious missionaries. Missionaries worked to convert Indigenous people to Christianity

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