One of the leading pioneers for exploration of the "New World" was the British. As they migrated onto the North American continent, the British brought along with them an ethnocentric attitude. Which meant from the beginning they thought of the Native Americans as lesser people and that their culture, and way of conducting their economy was wrong. With this attitude, the British tried to "civilize" the Indians by making them dress like colonists, and force them to ac-cept Christianity. These forced changes were a steppin

The fur trade, more than any other activity, contributed to the white exploration and opening of the wilderness and it led to extensive contacts between whites and Indians.

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