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Cartier, welcomed by the Huron Indians, gives their island in the St Lawrence river the name of Montreal
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French explorer Jacques Cartier charts the Gulf of St Lawrence, and in 1525 he explores up the river as far as Montreal
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Admiral of France, Gaspard de Coligny, made plans to establish new worlds colonies, So the persecuted Huguenots(French Protestants) coreligionist could safely establish themselves.
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Fort Caroline Established in Jacksonville Florida, only lasted a year before being destroyed by the Spanish ST.Augustine
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A sixteen person Trading Post Established in Tadoussac, sadly only five men survived the first winter.
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Quebec is founded by Samuel de Champlain as a centre for the French fur trade
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French colonies are established in Guiana, the northeast coast of south America
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Jean nicolet has founded La Baye des Puants
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French build a trading station on the estuary of the Senegal river in west Africa
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Louis XIV grants New France the status of a royal province and greatly increases the flow of colonists to north America
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Louis XIV grants New France the status of a royal province and greatly increases the flow of colonists to north America
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Robert de La Salle makes his first exploration of the Ohio valley, providing the basis for France's later claim to the area
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Jacques Marquette & Louis Joliet sent to explore the Mississippi river
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Robert de la Salle travels down the Mississippi to its mouth and claims the entire region for France, naming it Louisiana
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France by now has six fortified trading settlements around the coast of India, of which Pondicherry is the most important
