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England competed with the French for the control of the northwest territories and the fur trade. Although the French were first, the British followed soon after. The Hudson Bay posts provided access to the fur trade, but the conflict with the French was constant. Wars between the two countries spilled over into the new world. It was only after the French and Indian Wars that the British gained some control over all the territory and fur trading routes. However, their control lasted only fifty years. The War of 1812 with the United States forced them to give up control over the area south of what is now Canada.

The Americans were pushing westward while the English and French fought over the fur trade. After the revolutionary war, conflict with England continued and finally led to another war in 1812. The war lasted several years, but at the end the Americans were able to force the British to remain north in Canada and give up their claims to the areas of Wisconsin and Minnesota that were part of the fur trade route. However, the fur trade depended on the help of the Native Americans. American settlers forced them out of the area and the fur trade collapsed after only another 30 years or so.

England and the United States were both involved in the fur trade. The British "era" began about 1760 and ended in about 1816. The United States controlled much of the fur trade route from 1816 until the end of the fur trading period in about 1850.

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