Section outline

  • • About 500 years ago explorers from the continent of Europe were looking for trade routes to China.

    • Explorers from the country of France began exploring in the Great Lakes region.

    • The French and American Indians interacted in many ways. For example, they traded with each other, they sometimes married each other, and they learned from each other.

    • Fur-trading between the French and the American Indians grew.

    • The country of Britain became interested in the fur trade.