The French

By kpenenr
  • Jan 1, 1000

    The Norsemen came to the east coast of Canada

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Christopher Columbus reached the island of the Caribbean

    He was sailing and exploring lands and arrived at the Caribbean.
  • Jan 1, 1534

    Jacques Cartier discovered the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the St. Lawrence River

    He began a series of exploration. When he discovered theese, He was choose to explore because he was a expierenced sailor.
  • Jan 1, 1567

    Champlain was born

    He was born in Brouage in western France. He studied navigation with his father

  • the French government renewed its interest in New France

    when Samuel de Champlain began his remarkable career as a colonizer.

  • Champlain set up a post in Acadia

    the region now made up by Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

  • Champlain was forced to surrender Quebec to Kirk

    English and the French signed a peace treaty soon after, and the English returned Quebec to France.

  • Champlain had died

  • they invaded and they destroyed Huronia and the Jesuit missions to the Huron

  • The population increased

    It increased from about two thousand people in New France.

  • King Louis XIV took personal control of the government

    This happend in France, He was strong King who wanted to make the Europien country very powerful.

  • Champlain's astrolabe was dug up.

    Champlain had lost it and then it was found at this time.