Pick one question below and respond with researched material using the AIE readings, the Lessons and the film. The initial post or the answer to the question must be at least 300 words in content

1. Explain the impact that the fur trade had on the American Indian tribes, especially concerning the hunting boundaries, treaties and territories in relationship with business, trade, ruling countries, colonies and each other. Further reading : Fur Trade and Native Americans and the Fur Trade

2. The men who wrote the constitution of the United States of America were directly influenced by the Iroquois Laws of the Confederacy. What are the arguments for an Iroquois influence on the U.S. constitution of 1787? What are the problems with evidence for this theory? Why do some people want to demonstrate a link between Native American peoples and the founding of the United States as a political entity? Further reading : Iroquois Confederacy and Sullivan’s Campaign against the Iroquois Confederacy

3. The French and Indian war led to the Native American to be used for war and territory expansion by both England and France. Can you explain the ending result of this war? Which tribes benefitted from this war? And what happened to the losing tribes of this war? For Further reading : French and Indian War