Pioneer Money and Trading
Didn't have money we have
Traded stuff
They traded things they didn't need (extra) for things they did need
Paper money began to develop overtime
each bank made their own money
1866 government began to make ONE set of paper and coin money
Canada became a country 1867
different banks would not accept other money
used pebbles
Subtopic
first nations used seashells
Shot deer
carved out of bear teeth
carved money in antlers
Trade cooking items
like pots
dug for gold
made money from the gold
Main topic
use beaver pelts
traded wheat
eggs
wood
maybe they used acorns for money