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in 1234 the king od France sent jacques cartier on a voyage of esploration, he want him to find 2 things, 1.a shiping rout to the orient to allow France traders to import silk and other fine product to Europe
2.precious gems and metal such as gold to make new France rich -
founded the society in 1534 to reformand to promote the roman catholic religlon
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1535-1536 Cartier esplored the st. lawrence river, still searching for passage to the ortrnt, donnacona told him of a faraway land. the kingdom of saguenay where he wpuld find precious metals.
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like cartier, he was sent to find gold and a path to orient, from 1603 to 1635 he crossed the atlantic occan many times
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the first jesuit priests arrived in new france in 1611 nd they had 2 immediate goals in mine.
1.spread the roman catholic religion to the first nations
2.to establish schools for boys -
in 1634 the jesuits tool their mission to the huron who lived to the west of the french settlements. their plans were to build an agricultural and missionary near the major cannoe
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samuel de champlain died in 1635
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in 1639 they began consturction the sainte maric among the hurons near the present day midland
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the fur trad was highly regulated unyill 1663 the company of the hhundred associates, a private trading company controlled new france in the name of the kingonly agents licensed by thecompany could legaly trad with the first nations
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in 1668 the contract between isabelle hubert and louisbolduc stated that isabelle and louis promised to mary in the roman catholic church as soon as possible all possessions they brough into the marriage would becomejoint property according to the franch law