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Lasting contact between Europe and America began with the voyage of Christopher Colombus.
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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.
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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.
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King Francis I of France sent Jacques Cartier to the New World to look for gold and other valuable metals.
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On Jacques Cartier second trip, he became the first European explorer to reacht he interior of Canada.
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Jaques Cartier joined a French Expedition that hoped to establish a permanent settlement in Canada.
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King Henry IV of France completed plans to organize the fur trade and set up a colony in Canada.
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Champlain founded settlement along the St. Lawrence river. He named that village Quebec.
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Champlain and two other French fur traders helped their Indian friends defeat the Iriquois in battle.
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Champlain hoped qeubec would become a larger settlemnt. but it remaind only a small trading post for many years. About 60 people lived there.
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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.
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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
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Louis Jolliet a French-Canadian fur trader and Jacques Marquette a French missionary saild down the Mississppi river to its Junction Arkansas River.
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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.
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Established a chain of fur trading posts between montreal and what is know Saskatchewan