History

  • 1603-1607

    1603-1607
    De Monts, Poutrincourt, and Champlain established a French settlement on Ste. Croix Island and then in Port Royal between 1603 and 1607
  • 1610

    1610
    Poutrincourt returned to Acdia in 1610, with Father Fleche, Claude de La Tour, and his son Charles.
  • 1611

    1611 - More colonists arrived at Port Royal in 1611, along ith Father Masse.
  • 1613

    1613
    As a result, Acadia was claimed by the Englih. For the next 150 years the English and French fought each other over control of Acadia.
  • 1627

    1627
    The St. Lawrence area proved to be a very successful fur trading area; the fur trade grew in large profits were made.
  • 1628

    1628
    William Alexander attempted to estabish Scottish settlement at Port Royal in Acadia in 1628, calling it New Scotland (Nova Scotia)
  • 1628 - 1632

    1628 - 1632
    English ships regularly attacked French ships between 1628 and 1632; the English occupied the St. Lawrence area.
  • 1629

    1629
    The Kirke brothers, fighting for England, attacked Quebec and forced Champlain to surrender in 1629.
  • 1632 - 1633

    1632 - 1633
    Acadia was officially returned to the French in 1632 as part of a peace settlement at the end of the war fought in Europe between France and England.
  • 1633

    1633
    Port Royal became popular area settlement in 1633, as did Quebec
  • 1634

    1634
    Trois Rivieres was founded the following year , 1634.
  • 1642

    1642
    Ville-Marie (Montreal) was founded in 1642.
  • 1645

    1645
    The Company of Habitants took over the monopoly of the fur trade in New France in 1645.
  • 1654

    1654
    The English attacked Port Royal again in 1654 and captured all French settlements around the Boy of Fundy.
  • 1655

    1655
    The Treaty of Westminster returned French forts in Acadia to French in 1655
  • 1663

    1663
    n 1663 the French government took over the control of New France and established royal government.