Jean Nicolet's Argumentative Essay

On July 24th 1701, Antoine de La Mothe Cadillac founded a settlement in “le détroit”, meaning “the strait”. The Frenchmen led one hundred French soldiers and one hundred Algonquians with the goal to build a fort and trading post on the river between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. The purpose of the settlement was to facilitate traffic on the river, protect valuable trade furs in the great lakes area for France, and establish a location to help protect the French and their Native American allies against the British. For the next nine years, the settlement in Detroit developed around Fort Portchartrian. However, both the natives and colonists didn’t agree with Cadillac’s tyrannical authority. Cadillac’s supporters complained that acted harshly as

On May 26, 1637, English settlers under Captain John Mason, and Narragansett and Mohegan allies set fire to a Pequot fort near the Mystic River. The fort only had two entrances, and anybody that tried to flee the fort was shot by awaiting enemies. The only Pequots that survived were those who had followed their sachem Sassacus in a raiding party outside the village. This attack on the fort almost entirely wiped out the Pequot population and resulted in them eventually losing the war. As a result of this the 1638 treaty of Hartford was signed, stating that all remaining

After this time of discovery of the North American land, the French often build forts and other establishments along rivers and bodies of water. These strategic sites were often used to protect their commercial interest, and often the structures built were forts. “Both sides fortified positions along the Hudson River, Lake George, and Lake Champlain.” (Starbuck, 2007). The forts built by the French during this time in history include, “Fort Beaubassin in Acadia and Crown Point on Lake Champlain, Forts also erected on the Quabache, Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri River” (Schwartz, 3). After the establishment of the French in North America, this leads the British to want to develop the land and want to protect their very own interest in North America. To protect their interest the British build forts throughout the North American territory to compete with the French.

He formed strong alliances some tribes such as Wendat, Algonquin and Montagnais. These tribes live around Saint Lawrence River. The tribes demanded that Champlain must lead them in war against the Iroquois tribe. The Iroquois inhabited the south area of Richelieu River. The Iroquois had an alliance with England and Dutch, and thus had superior troops. They had an interest on the fur trade that put the two colonies in friction over the control of the trade. They frequently attacked the French and the tribes in alliance with them to push them trade the fur to the Dutch and English tradesmen. Champlain set off with French troops and native warriors to explore the area and as a result Champlain drew the map of Lake Champlain. During the exploration some Iroquois natives advanced in against Champlain men and war broke up. The battle was put to an end after Champlain and his soldiers killed three chiefs of the Iroquois. This strained the French – Iroquois relations further but later Champlain negotiated for a treaty that reconciled the two sides.

20 African Americans went with the Europeans who landed at Jamestown,Virginia,in1619.Those people were indentured servants according to the contract which said that they were free to enjoy the privileges. “It is estimated that fifteen percent of those who were shipped to

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D—Nicholas Perrot—Description of the opening of a new area for the fur trade reflects the way that the French made

A. In 1604, the first fort was set up on the St. Croix River by Champlain. After a disastrous winter they moved the to a new site. In 1605, he established Port Royal.

French Canadians have been coming to the United States since the early 1500’s. They’ve come for freedom, enjoyment and some have even been forced to come by higher powers. In this essay I mostly focus on the late 1600’s through the mid 1700’s. Throughout the late 1600’s and the 1700’s thousands of French Canadians were forced and willingly came to the United States. My first reason is about 6,500 French Canadians who were forced to come to America for refusing to take an oath to the King of England.

Next effort was in 1562 when Calvinists seeking religious freedom founded a settlement near present day Jacksonville

In the early 1700s, settlers from France came to the Atchafalaya River Basin to trade furs with the Native Americans and perform raids into tribal areas to gather slaves. Peace was eventually reached in 1718, but the Native American population had decreased tremendously as a result of warfare and new diseases. Once the British won the French and Indian War in 1763, Acadians from Nova Scotia began seeking a new Acadia, or nouvelle Acadie, in America. It wasn’t until 1765 that they reached Louisiana and settled in New Orleans along the Teche Ridge. The Acadians developed a variety of new skills such as: rudimentary farming, logging, and ranching.

However, it was allowed earlier as was recorded by the Penson family. The Pensons were early settlers on Lake Rosseau in Medora Township, had several encounters with the natives. One son, Seymour RG Penson, wrote in his memoirs that back in the 1860s the Ojibwe went “away in October to hunt in the vicinity of Blackstone Lake, and in December they returned laden with furs and

The history of Fort Vancouver was remarkable. Located in Vancouver, Washington, Fort Vancouver was a fur trading outpost across the North bank of the Columbia River. It served as the headquarters for the Hudson’s Bay Company. In the winter of 1824 to 1825, the outpost was established. The beaver fur trade was the main focus of Fort Vancouver. The Hudson Bay Company had a monopoly on this industry. At Fort Vancouver, John Mcloughlin played an important role as the first Chief Factor in the European settlement of the Pacific Northwest. For much of the 1800s, Fort Vancouver was a diverse and had the largest settlement in the West. People from all over the Pacific Northwest trade goods and supplies, which was brought into Fort Vancouver by ships.

Upon arrival, La Salle acquired land in Montreal, Canada and started a small but prosperous fur trading business. He traded mostly with the

Approximately six miles north of Frankenmuth, lies Frankentrost. It was also founded in 1847 and it was home to 22 families. Loehe may have been encouraged by the success of the Frankenmuth settlement. His goal wasn’t to settle another mission colony. He wanted to have German Lutheran families live close together in Michigan. To keep houses close together, farms were plotted all along one road. This way was more like more like a German “dorf” or village. He developed the settlement of Frankenlust. It was settled in 1848, approximately 22 miles north of Frankenmuth. Just like Frankentrost, this settlement it was built to keep German-Lutheran families close together. The Settlement of Pastors Loehe’s fourth colony of Frankenhilf was developed in 1850. Frankenhilf is known as Richville today. It lies about 9 miles northeast of Frankenmuth. Once the forest was cleared, citizens of Frankenhilf took up farming. That was not Loehe’s original hope for this settlement. He originally hoped Frankenhilf would be an “industrial