The history of American Indians before European contact is broadly divided into three major periods: the Paleo-Indian period, the Archaic period (8000–1000 b.c.), and the Woodland period (1000 b.c.–1600 a.d.).
The first Europeans to purchase furs from Indians were French and English fishermen who, during the 1500s, fished off the coast of northeastern Canada and occasionally traded with the Indians. In exchange, the Indians received European-manufactured goods such as guns, metal cooking utensils, and cloth.
The requirement of colonists to pay for the upkeep of British soldiers is known as Quartering. This requirement was part of the Quartering Act and was an amendment to the Mutiny Act.
Slaves were sold which means money was traded and you need money to successfully thrive and so when it ended there was no more money so they had to find different ways and it took a while.
