Question 37 • (Bergold)WCA 2130 US History 1 1st nine weeks 26-27
The fur trade made many Indigenous communities increasingly dependent on European goods and contributed to cultural change. Contact and trade also spread infections, while intensive hunting reduced animal populations. Competition over access to fur-bearing animals and trade relationships could lead to conflicts between Indigenous groups. High taxes on trade income and competition with Spanish traders in the Caribbean were not typical problems caused by the fur trade.
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