Question

Held a monopoly over the trade in all territory whose rivers drained into Hudson Bay

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

In 1670, the Royal Charter granted HBC a trading monopoly over the territories that contained rivers that flowed into Hudson Bay. That control was eventually extended from Labrador to the Pacific, from the Pacific Northwest to the Arctic Ocean, an area approximating one twelfth of the Earth's land mass.

Answer 2

The Hudson's Bay Company had a monopoly over the trade in all territory whose rivers drained into Hudson Bay. This included much of present-day Canada, as well as parts of the United States. The company was granted exclusive trading rights in this area by the British government in 1670, and maintained its monopoly until the 1870s.