Essays on European Traders

Hawaii is an American state where Europeans are not the majority of residents and it is the home to the largest Asian-American community in America. The Asian-American population consists of Koreans, Filipino, Japanese, and Chinese (Avila-Tapies and Dominguez-Mujica 56). Most of the Hawaii natives are descendants of Japanese, Korean, Filipino, and Chinese migrant workers who arrived in the 19th and early 20th century to work in the sugarcane plantations. Since then, more Asians have continued to migrate to the United States. The Hawaii state was the home of Polynesian Islander until European traders began to arrive in mid18th century ...

Democracy, Rights, and Empire

Thesis Europe has seen it all; revolutions, plague, recession, famine, revolts, and invasions, and this was why, when opportunity came knocking at their doors, the few powerful nations of Europe, adventured to expand and control their business interests far from their shores. In order to understand how and why this transpired, one needs to go back in time and understand Europe as it was in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Background

The Rise of Europe between 1500 and 1850 was largely accounted for by the growth of European nations which shared their borders with the Atlantic, and in particular, ...

The paper examines the Aboriginal culture and gives anoverview of this unique culture through focusing on the plain Indians. There are many sub-cultures that exist among the plain Indians, but this paper will specifically examine the Cree Culture. There will be an overview of the cultural beliefs and social settings that exist among members of this culture. The differences that exist among the Cree culture in comparison to other plain Indians will be examined, and a summary provided giving the relevant details. Conducting a critical review of the Cree Culture which is one of the sub-cultures that constitute the Aboriginal culture ...

Introduction

The trapping of beavers for their fur in Canada played an important role in shaping of the native and subsequent cultures. The introduction of the fur trade brought about notable drastic changes in our native ways of life. In the end, these changes ultimately led to the erosion of a greater part of the native customs and culture and eventually led to the formation of a completely new hybrid culture with new and distinct customs. During the early periods of the European traders’ settlement in Canada, there was very little interaction between the fur traders and us. During these periods of ...

Introduction

The fur trade has formed a remarkable part of the history of Canada. The fur trade greatly developed into western Canada until 1870 following the founding of the Hudson’s Bay and the North West Companies around 1670’s. This was a unique trade since during that time, it was the only industry that allowed the exchange of goods between two groups of people who were very different (that is, the Europeans and the Indians). According to several historians, the fur trade was an exploitation of gullible Indians by their European counterparts in the trade. Some of these historians such as ...

This is one of the oldest merchandising companies in the English speaking nations. Eighteen merchants and noble men, who were encouraged by two French explorers, Sieut des Groselliers and Pierre Esprit Radisson that the area surrounding Hudson’s Bay held economic potentials, incorporated the company. The company was named The Governor and Company of Adventures of England Trading in Huston Bay and has never changed the name since then. In 1670, it received a royal charter that granted it governmental authority and monopoly of trade in the whole region that was drained by the waters flowing at the bay. That ...