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Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Lasting contact between Europe and America began with the voyage of Christopher Colombus. -
Jan 1, 1497
John Cabot
King Henry VII of England hired John Cabot to cross the Atlantic ocran in search of a shorter route to Asia than the one Colombus had taken. -
Jan 1, 1500
Fur Trade
During this time the fur trade was established. Beaver was the most popular to make felt hats. Traders also supplied different furs such as fox, marten, mink, and otter. -
Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier
King Francis I of France sent Jacques Cartier to the New World to look for gold and other valuable metals. -
Jan 1, 1535
Cartier's Second Trip
On Jacques Cartier second trip, he became the first European explorer to reacht he interior of Canada. -
Feb 24, 1541
Cartiers Third Trip
Jaques Cartier joined a French Expedition that hoped to establish a permanent settlement in Canada. -
King Henry IV
King Henry IV of France completed plans to organize the fur trade and set up a colony in Canada. -
Samuel de Champlain
Champlain founded settlement along the St. Lawrence river. He named that village Quebec. -
Defeat of the Iriquois
Champlain and two other French fur traders helped their Indian friends defeat the Iriquois in battle. -
Quebec larger settlement?
Champlain hoped qeubec would become a larger settlemnt. but it remaind only a small trading post for many years. About 60 people lived there. -
New France
King Louis XIV made New France a royal province of France. He sent troops to Canada to fight the Iriquois and appointed administrators to govern and develope the colony. -
Seigneurial system
Louis XIV promted the Seigneurial System. It was used to encourage farming in New France. The population of New France grew from about 3,000 to 6,700 -
Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette
Louis Jolliet a French-Canadian fur trader and Jacques Marquette a French missionary saild down the Mississppi river to its Junction Arkansas River. -
Rene-Robert Caveiler
He reached the mouth of the Mississppi at the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed all the land drained by the river and its branches for France. -
Pierre Gautier
Established a chain of fur trading posts between montreal and what is know Saskatchewan