First Nations and New France By ceetee18 Feb 22, 1534 Cartier lands in Newfoundland Feb 22, 1604 Champlain establishes Port Royal Feb 22, 1608 Champlain establishes Quebec City Feb 22, 1663 First Filles du Rois arrive in New France Feb 22, 1668 Jean Talon, intendant of New France from 1665 to Feb 22, 1668 Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay Feb 22, 1670 King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland Feb 22, 1755 Expulsion of the Acadians Feb 22, 1756 Seven Years War, 1756 – 1763 Feb 22, 1759 British conquest of Quebec 1759 – 1760 Feb 22, 1763 Treaty of Paris Feb 22, 1770 Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation Mar 2, 2022 First People cross into the Americas Period: Mar 2, 2022 to Feb 16, 1800 LIFE