How did the Rocky Mountain Fur Company differ from the Hudson Bay Company?
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Instead of building a system of trading posts and forts, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company relied on trappers who met once a year to trade.
Instead of building a system of trading posts and forts, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company relied on trappers who met once a year to trade.
Most of the trappers who worked with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company were settlers who established farms in the territories where they trapped.
Most of the trappers who worked with the Rocky Mountain Fur Company were settlers who established farms in the territories where they trapped.
Rather than trade with other countries in Europe, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company established a trade system with American settlers.
Rather than trade with other countries in Europe, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company established a trade system with American settlers.
The Rocky Mountain trappers spread out over a wide territory in contrast to the Hudson Bay trappers who focused on the areas around the trading posts and forts.