New France: A Brief History

British empire was in control of Canada, “a deep and complex transformation.” (Calloway, 112) British empire envision North America with field of action while the French spent the next two decade revenging on their loss with the Seven Years’ War and Treaty of Paris. Even though the French did not succeed in North America, eventually they migrated towards large swaths of Canada, The Great Lakes, and Mississippi Valley using their social systems and culture to survive. “The Interior French”, (Calloway, 123) were French-Canadian who lived beyond the Great Lakes country. They had formed an alliance within the Indians and having a good reputation with dealing goods. Louisiana went to Spain eventually, a few French migrated to Louisiana as a Peace of Paris. More settlers were French in Louisiana during the Spanish era instead of the French. Louisiana changes hand in Paris a couple times in 1763.

Cartier’s thorough explorations of the St. Lawrence Gulf created the main gateway for Europeans to access North America (Ages of Exploration - Jacques Cartier).

F. Just eleven years later in 1632, Acadia was given back to the French, but England continued it attacks. The main French colonies along the St. Lawrence did little to help the struggling Acadians. The Acadians were often trapped in the middle of the fighting between the French along the St. Lawrence and the English settlers in the New England colonies. The Acadians just wanted peace for their people.

In July 1758 ,the British took Louisbourg. One month later British took Fort Frontenac at the west end of the river. The British then closed in on Quebec. Near the end of the war a French leader was killed at Jumonville.

New France was french settlements in the southernmost part of Canada and the west of the Ohio River Valley. They settled in areas that made profitable fur

Samuel de Champlain helped establish Quebec and became known as the “Father of New France”, he made a treaty with the Huron Indians and attacked the Iroquois and this came back to haunt them when the Iroquois hampered their penetration into the Ohio River Valley

The French government wanted a strong colony, but the post at Quebec could not defend itself from invading fleet. Under Cardinal Richelieu, chief minister to the king of France, a new company, the Company of 100 Associates was formed in 1627 and given a trade monopoly and title to French possessions in the New World. In return, the company promised to settle this area with 4000 colonists

Before 1760, a Canadian society was developing a replica of the western world by building on the ideas of agriculture and commerce. The agriculture settlement in New France was organized by the use of the seigneurial system. The seigneurial system in Europe created a complete framework for hierarchy and the economic relationship between landlords and tenants. But in Canada, it wasn’t all that successful as the system was mainly used for organizing settlement and to work for the lands. In the past, early Canada was characterized as a rural, agriculture society. This prevented the recognition of small industries under the French regime. But nonetheless, most members of the colony engaged in some sort of entrepreneurship. The Conquest was indeed

It isn’t until the middle of the excerpt from Donald Creighton’s book “The Empire of the St. Lawrence” when the river “which led from the eastern shore into the heart of the continent” (1), “possessed a geographical monopoly” (2), and “offered a pathway to the central mysteries” (5) is revealed to be the St. Lawrence. Throughout the paragraph, it is serves as a symbolic element of history, an important factor in the development of Canadian identity and the process in achieving the ultimate “dream of western commercial empire” (7) to Canada. By using many literary devices and techniques- repetition, personification, parallelism and language shifts- Creighton emphasizes the St. Lawrence’s importance and value to Canada.

In the development of what is known today as Canada, during the Elizabethan era, there was a series was highly documented and, surprisingly, not well-known occurrences. The colonization of New France set the foundation for Canada. The early settlers grew as a nation while holding true to some teachings of the French. The French were originally on the search for an alternative route for Asia and instead stumbled upon what was soon to become their greatest achievement. The French set out to trade in Asia, but found ever-growing success from the new land, despite every complication.

The English got to the coast first, so the French continued their journey north until they reached modern-day Canada. Unlike the English who at first contact

After Leaving Puerto Rico in early March 1513, he sailed northwest to eventually find land that he thought was an island. This island had actually been the discovery of Florida and then he landed in the vicinity of Saint Augustine. Well after numerous deaths occurred King Philip II decided that colonizing Florida was not worth it, therefore, the explorations ended. Thus, the French swooped in and wanted to make Florida theirs, a man named Jean Ribault led the expedition to Florida. The French settled on St. Johns River and built Fort Caroline. The French had traded with the Saturiba tribe for food. When King Philip II found out about Ribault landing in Florida, he sent Pedro Menendez de Aviles, to get rid of the French and to settle there. Menendez ported at Saint Augustine on August 28, 1565, and on September 6, 1565, the life of the Indians of Seloy, never was the

Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, who grew up in France. He was known to the world as a map maker. Samuel was very talented and was able to study and create maps. He was famous for establishing and governing uninhabited communities of Québec and New France. Samuel de Champlain was born in Brouage, Saintonge, France on August, 13, 1574.

The capitulation of Montréal to the British on 8 September 1760 was accepted by Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay, King's Lieutenant, Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, and General George Townshend, They signed it on September 18, 1759.It efficiently completed Britain’s conquest of New France in the Seven Years' War.

Where do you start when talking about Samuel de Champlain’s success? Cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, chronicler, founder of New France and Quebec City. Samuel de Champlain has had many contributions in the uprising of Canada that cannot go unrecognized. This will take us through the most vital stories throughout Samuel de Champlain’s life and his revolution of explorations. To begin, we look at the all the voyages he made, making progress and change after each and every single one. This was usually by setting up alliances, trades and finding new discoveries. His first voyage in 1603 consisted of boarding the Bonne-Renommée as a private passenger, which later came to reaching Tadoussac on the