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Pierre Du Gua De Monts was given a monopoly on the fur trade in New France, with the authority to seize any illegal traders.
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They granted the trading monopolies to individuals and companies that were supposed to help in colonization of New France.
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De Monts and his mapmaker/manager, Samuel De Champlian, established a French settlement on Ste.Croix Island in Acadia.
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Jean de Poutrincourt accompanied Pierre Du Gua De Monts and Champlian to Acadia to look for a suitable location for a colony.
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The French settlement on Ste.Croix island in Acadia was moved to Port Royal.
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He returned with new settlers and supplies from France.
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The French king cancelled the monopoly and De Monts was forced to abandon the settlement at Port Royal
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De Monts helped to prove that the country could support argriculture and that Europeans could live in North America on a permanent basis.
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He returned to Acadia with his sons and father Fleche, Claude de Saint-Etienne de La Tour, and La Tour's son Charles.
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While he was in France, Port Royal was attacked and most of its buildings were destroyed by the English sea caotain Samuel Argall.
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It is a peace teaty between England and France. Returned French forts in Acadia to the French.
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