Event Date Description Radisson and des Groseilliers are voyagers from France who travelled to north of Lake Superior to begin a fur trading 1659 They went to Montreal and travelled to Lake Superior to begin a trade business with the Cree and Ojibwa people The world’s oldest operating trading company is created on May 2nd‚1670 by the Royal Charter 1670 King Charles II issues a Charter HBC to give them monopoly over all trade in the area. In return HBC pays the King two elk and two black beaver
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will go mad. Although how much attention is necessary has a lot to do with the breed. The other part of the time consideration is that some cats require more grooming maintenance such as bathing and brushing. A busy family should get a cat with short fur. The third consideration when choosing a cat breed is allergies to cats. These allergies are not uncommon‚ but there is much variance in the degree in which they manifest themselves. Someone with a very heavy cat allergy probably should not own a cat
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two of them. On the subway the narrator comes across a young man who is very different. The boy had large feet and had the face of a mugger. He was wearing red while the narrator wore dark fur. She watched as he “looks at her fur” trying to figure out if she was “in his power”. The young man can take her fur coat‚ briefcase and even her life. From the start the narrator felt threatened by the boy from what she believed he was capable to do based on the color of his skin. She then turns
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Jacques Cartier was sailing along the coast of Cape Cod when they encounter boats with First Nations People on it. They were greeted by the First Nations with dancing and gestures that indicated they wanted to trade by showing Cartier various furs. Cartier was hesitant to approach as they only had one boat and are easily outnumbered if they were attacked. As the French ship left‚ the first Nations pursued them. Cartier felt threatened so he fired two shots at them and struck them with lances‚ which
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grey/yellowish fur in the majority of the body‚ and also has a dark line going down the spine. They usually eat small rodents and insects like hamsters‚ ground squirrels‚ gerbils‚ and sometimes eat hares. The Fennec fox (vulpe zerda) is located in the northern part of Africa and in the Sahara. It has large ears‚ not like other foxes which helps them to stay warm. It is the smallest species of canid in the whole world. Its tail has a black tip just like most of the foxes and its fur color is a creamy
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Wagner Pd. 3 Animal cruelty is a pressing subject in today’s society. Even though we use animals for their fur‚ entertainment‚ research and as food‚ we have to do it in a humane way that minimizes pain and suffering towards the animal in use due to animal rights laws that have been enacted. Small organizations such as the ALB (Animal Liberation Brigade)‚ CAFT (Coalition to Abolish the Fur Trade)‚ COK (Compassion Over Killing)‚ FoA (Friends of Animals)‚ FFA (Fight For Animals)‚ IDA (In Defense of
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In "Miss Brill‚" Katherine Mansfield shows us a view of a first seemingly young or vibrant woman whom enjoys her Sunday afternoons. The setting of the park tells an accounting of the repetitive social interactions of the same people or “actors” as Miss Brill fantasizes them. The story begins with the façade of a possibly young woman scoffing the boring acts of the “old” people around her. Really Miss Brills accounting of her environment is a sad attempt to transform the conversations and events
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Sustainability and Environmental Issues in the Design Business For this assignment I am required to compile a report on the sustainable and environmental values held by a well-known company. The company I will be reporting on is Chanel. Chanel is one of the fashion leaders of the world specializing in both hand made couture and off the rack’ ready to wear fashions. Their target audiences are the wealthy members of society. Their logo and distinctive fashion styles since the 1920’s have moulded
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Darwin’s theory of evolution is by natural selection. Organisms change over time as a result of heritable physical and behavioural trait changes. The changes were due to the genes in the gene pool due to environmental pressures. For example: skull shape‚ fur colour‚ teeth shape‚ digestion of seal fat etc. The changes allow organisms to adapt better to the environment which will help it survive and have more offspring. Lamarck’s Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics is the use and disuse of an
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some more than others and due to death some people conquered while others perished. Elizabeth Fenn not only spoke of the disease itself but spoke primarily about what this disease did to shape historical events. During the horrible smallpox epidemic‚ fur trade was given to a new authority. In the earlier times of the variola virus‚ the Indians with allegiance to the Hudson’s Bay Company researched and found out that people with the virus “die within 48 hours (Fenn‚ 179)”. The Indians told the company
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