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Jacques Cartier was sent by the French king to look for the northwest passage that could link the atlantic ocean to the pacific ocean
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Cartier found the inlet to the St. Lawrence and claimed the whole area for France which is now New France
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Nova Scotia was first settled by the French and was home to 10,000 people by the time of the French and indian war
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in 1608 began the French empire in north America
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France had laid claim to an expanse or territory that ranged from new foundland in the northeast down across the great lakes through the Ohio valley southward along the Mississippi river to the gulf of Mexico and far west to the rocky mountains
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new Orleans was settled and was distributed between the French and English
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On Friday September john Winslow ordered that all males 10 years and older in the area were to gather in the grand pre church for and impotant message
