Question

Coureurs de bois are best described as __________.

A.

French soldiers who protected forts in Louisiana

B.

Spanish traders who traveled to Louisiana to trade

C.

French fur traders and trappers who helped expand the fur trade

D.

strict government officials who established settlements in Louisiana

Answer 1

C. French fur traders and trappers who helped expand the fur trade.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is C. Coureurs de bois are best described as French fur traders and trappers who helped expand the fur trade .

Explanation:

Coureur des bois was the term given to the first fur traders in the colony of New France (current Canada) in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, in general French-born adventurers who acted individually and without permission from the French authorities.