PNW history essay

In the Essay you will be asked to trace developments in the PNW from the pre-contact period into the settlement period. In studying for the essay, make sure to have a solid understanding of change over time and the forces that drove that change. Think about the following categories of change: social (including gender and race), economic, political (both domestic and international), cultural, and environmental (including natural resources). You may want to consider that expanse of history as composed of three broad sub-periods: the Era of First Peoples, The Era of Contact and Fur Trade, and the early decades of the Era of Settlement. (250 words)