It's generally agreed that the arrival of European settlers was of no benefit to the First Nations. They lost their land and often their lives too because of warfare, through starvation or most usually through diseases brought by Europeans, to which they had no resistance.
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The Europeans gave them things such as metal pots, knives, guns, etc. The First Nations gave them medicine, fur, and showed them how to build canoes, and helped them build maps, etc.
They brought goods such as guns, metal and other stuff the the Natives didn't have but the Europeans did.
The first nations helped the Europeans because it was good to trade with them to get metals for fur.
Europeans:guns,pots,pans,knives,etc. First Nations:fur,medicine,herbs,they helped Europeans travel with their canoes,they helped them build maps,etc. hope i helped!!=) LOLz
they traded and it was cool
Trade. With the Vikings they wanted metal and status objects. Later and further south they wanted metal and firearms. Then they wanted them to go away.
The Europeans traded weaponry (guns), pots (brass), beads, and blankets.The First Nations traded furs (beaver), weaponry (bows and arrows), crop vegetables (delicacies), and shells.