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== North American frontier == |
== North American frontier == |
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A trading house was typically strategically stocked with goods that the [[ |
A trading house was typically strategically stocked with goods that the [[Native Americans]] would trade furs for; some of these goods included clothing, blankets, and corn. Eric Jay Dolin's ''Fur, Fortune, and Empire'' provides some historical context on events and the origins of trading posts in North America. One of the first examples given is that of the Kennebec Trading House, established in 1628 by the Plymouth colonists.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dolin |first=Eric Jay |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/449865266 |title=Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America |date=2010 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Co |isbn=978-0-393-06710-1 |location=New York |page=55 |oclc=449865266}}</ref> |
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The next event from Dolin's book features early conflicts between the French and Plymouth colonists. This occurs in 1631 when the French go to the Plymouth Penobscot trading post. With the masters and most of the crew gone to get supplies, this left only a few servants to attend to the French. When the Frenchmen learned that this was the case, they decided to feign interest in a few of the guns available at the trading post, which they turned back onto the servants. They ordered for all things valuable, leaving with £500 of goods and £300 in beaver pelts.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dolin |first=Eric Jay |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/449865266 |title=Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America |date=2010 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Co |isbn=978-0-393-06710-1 |location=New York |page=62 |oclc=449865266}}</ref> |
The next event from Dolin's book features early conflicts between the French and Plymouth colonists. This occurs in 1631 when the French go to the Plymouth Penobscot trading post. With the masters and most of the crew gone to get supplies, this left only a few servants to attend to the French. When the Frenchmen learned that this was the case, they decided to feign interest in a few of the guns available at the trading post, which they turned back onto the servants. They ordered for all things valuable, leaving with £500 of goods and £300 in beaver pelts.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dolin |first=Eric Jay |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/449865266 |title=Fur, fortune, and empire : the epic history of the fur trade in America |date=2010 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Co |isbn=978-0-393-06710-1 |location=New York |page=62 |oclc=449865266}}</ref> |