4. Which of the following statements concerning patterns of settlement, natural resource exploitation, and relationships between Indigenous peoples and Europeans/British, prior to
Confederation, is false?
a. Racist attitudes held by the Europeans toward Indigenous peoples were moderated
somewhat by the need to use Indigenous groups as military allies of the French and
English, as well as by the mutual economic interdependence between Europeans
and First Nations peoples.
b. The French initially chose to exploit natural resources by encouraging permanent
settlement of French nationals on the land, mainly adjacent to the St. Lawrence
River.
C. A significant goal of the British was the settlement of colonists from England,
Scotland and Wales in order to encourage early farming communities across what
are now the Prairie provinces.
d. The English chose to exploit natural resources through the establishment of fur
trading posts along major waterways and other bodies of water
e. Indigenous peoples were central to the reproduction of the social relations of the fur
trade as suppliers of food and clothing, as well as by teaching the fur traders survival
and transportation skills and techniques.
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