Impact of Debt and Trade Relations on the Yamasee War
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How did debt and trade relations between Native Americans and the English colonists contribute to the outbreak of the Yamasee War in the early 18th century?
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This solution explains how the fur-trade and related issues of dept laid the foundation of the Yamasee War in the 18th century. Additionally, this solution provides one formatted reference for further research of the Yamasee War and related North American history.
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The economic market and trade relations played a significant role in leading up to the Yamasee War of the early 1700s. Tensions increased between the indigenous peoples of the land and the English colonists in South Carolina over the issue of debt and goods being distributed on credit. The Native Americans would buy goods from the traders in the fall season on credit, and repay their debts in the spring with deerskins. Transitioning to the deerskin trade and adapting to new market conditions was a difficult process for the natives, forcing them to change their habits with regard to hunting. There was a decrease in emphasis on the fur market and beaver trade, and hunters now had to ...
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