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Dec 15, 1534
Jacques Cartier (coleen)
In 1534, Francois, The king of France, sent Jacques Cartier on a voyage of exploration. Francois ordered Cartier to go and find two things:
." a shipping route to the orient to allow the french traders to import silk and other fine products tto Europe"
." precious gems and metals such as gold to make France rich"
when Cartier comes back he is disgraced when he comes back with quartz witch he mistaken for diamonds back to france and he was never allowed to return to New France. -
First nations rivalries (Celina)
There was a lot of rivalries back then between the Hurons and the Iroquois. In the 1600s, the numbers of First Nations people occupied the area of New France. Those First Nations people inludes the Montagnais, the Algonquin, the Huron, and he five Nations Iroquois. Since there has been a lot of rivalries between the Hurns and the Iroquois, the creatiom of the fur trade increased the rivalry even more. -
Champlains first voyage (tanisha)
Champlain visits the new world. He travels down the St. Lawrence He visits the native villages and attends their ceremonies; he also follows some of their customs (smokes peace calumet).He begins to establish good relationships with the aboriginals. -
samuel de champlain establishes settlement (tanisha)
Champlain establishes a settlement in Port-Royal, where he explores the Atlantic coast all the way to Cape Cod. Port Royal was his first settlement in all of New France. Port Royal was a some what good place to establish a settlement. There was fresh water, and fire wood. Champlain later left Port Royal because of the trading monopoly that he could not control. In the same year they had to survive a terrible winter in which most of his men died of scurvy. -
The Jesuits (Celina)
In 1611, the jesuits arrived in New France sent out by the king. There plan was to try to convert the aboriginal tribes of Mew France into christians. The French believed that the colony of New France would be sronger altogether if everyone was catholic. The jesuitss have put a lot of effort to create schools for boys in the settlement of New France and for the boys of the First Ntions. -
Sainte-Marie Amoung The Huron (coleen)
In 1634, the Jesuits took their mission to ythe Huron people who lived to the west of the French Huron settlements. The plabn was to build an agricultural and missionsry centre near major canoe routes. But the Iroqouis were enimes of the Huron, and the Jesuits were afraid that war might happen between them. they decided the centre must be fortfied for its own protection. -
The Ursuline Nuns (Celina)
In 1639, Marie Martin and two other Uruline sister had arrived in New France. They establish convents and the first schools in New France for both First Nation girls and daughters of the settlers These school taught a variety of subjects like such as: reading, writing, arithmetic and homemaking. The girls who graduated from these schools ere known to become nuns, housewives or mothers -
jean talon's efforts (tanisha)
In 1663, the first Intendat, Jean Talon, implemented various mesure to ensure that the population of New France would increase. Jean Talon tried to make the colony economically independent. Jean Talon imported domesticated animals and distributed them to settlers for the development of animal breeding. Agriculture became diversified, aswell. He also encouraged the creation of small workshops and established a brewery. -
Fille Du Roi (coleen)
one of the problems New France had to face was the small amout of single woman there was, so in 1663 the king sent young woman, many of them orphans, known as the "Fille Du Roi" were sent so that they marry male settlers so they can populate New France. -
The Fur Traders (Celina)
Canada was rich of fur-bearing animals such as beaver fur. The First Nations people were eager to trade pelts for supplies. Beaver fur made really good hats and people in Europe demanded them. Until 1663, the company of Hundred Associates, a private trading company controlled New France in the name of the king. Only agents who is licensed by the company could legally trade with the First Nations peoples. -
Coureur des bois (Celina)
Coureur des bois is a French settler who hunts or trap illegally in New France. In 1663, King Louis xiv made it legal for everyone to trade with First Nations. They travel into the woods in New France and North America to trade European items to the First Nations for fur, especially beaver pelts. Along the way they learned the trades and practiced the ways Native peoples live and how they trade. -
Soliders ( coleen)
iN 1665, the caringan-salieres regiment ncame to defend the colony from the Five Nations Iroquois, who were attacking it. The regiment had 1200 soliders and 80 officers. After a serious of battles with th Iroquois people, New France a peace treaty with the Iroquois. -
Beaver Wars part one ( coleen)
The Beaver wars - aka the war of the French and Iroquois. The Beaver wars, were terrifiying and brutal wars fought by tribes of the Iroquois confederacy agents the French and Indian tribes who were there allies, including the Huron people, Algonquin people, and the Mohican people. The Iroquois confederacy, and in particular the Mohawk tribe, had established trading links with Dutch exchanging beaver pelts for guns. The Iroquois confederacy wanted to expend their trading activitys and to get -
Beaver Wars part 2 (coleen)
new territories. A long series of bloody battles led to Iroquois League destroying several large tribes including the Huron, Eries and Susquehannocks -
The Census (coleen)
In 1666, the census of New France was the first census in Canada. The census was organized by Jean Talon, the first intendent of New France.
Jean Talon and the french minister of the Marine Jean-Baptiste colbert had brougth the New France colony under direct royal control. In 1663, Colbert had wished to make it to the centre of the french colonial empire.To do what he needed know the state of the population, so that the economic and industtrial basis of the colony could be expanded. -
count frontenac as governor (tanisha)
Frontenac was the most well known governor of New France. His job was to ensure that the king's orders were carried out. He appointed members to the sovereign council and also was responsible for relationships between New France and other European groups in North America. The king sent him to keep settled areas to minimum and not to expand fur trade. He ignored the king hoping to get more rich. Under his rule the tensions with iroquois and english increase. -
francois de laval (tanisha)
Francois is ordained a priest at the age of 24. Francois founded Le Seminaire De Quebec. This will be a community of priests. The seminaries taught young men about priesthood so they grow up to become priests and new france didn't need to rely on france for priests. He also created the diocese, a large area under the control of bishop. Laval created parishes which helped influence christianity. -
lachine massacre (tanisha)
August 5. Fifteen hundred Iroquois warriors attack the settlement of Lachine, killing or torturing most if its inhabitants. This incident would become known as the Lachine massacre.The attack was founded because the iroquois were unhappy with the increased French incursions into their territory, and was encouraged by the settlers of New England as a way to gain power against New France.As a result of the attack, a large portion of the settlement was destroyed by fire and many people were killed -
peace treaty with the iroquois (tanisha)
Peace treaty concluded with the Iroquois. Although the French claimed the land, most of it was not settled. The had to defend themselves in order to gain control over the land. Although the treaty turned Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and part of Acadia (Nova Scotia) over to Great Britain, France remained in control of Île Royale (Cape Breton Island), as well as Île Saint-Jean (Prince Edward Island) and the northern part of Acadia, what is today New Brunswick -
The Great Peace of Montreal (Celina)
On August 4,1701, there was a peace treaty called The Great Peace of Montreal. This treaty was between New France and 40 First Nations of North America. The treaty was signed by Louis-Hector de Calliere, the governor of New France, and 1300 representatives of 40 aboriginal nations. Louis-Hector de Calliere was a french politican who was the governor of Montreal from 1684-1699 and the governor of New France from 1699-1703. -
Golden Age (tanisha)
By 1720 Canada had become a self-sufficient colony with a population of 24,594 people. The Church, although now less powerful than it had originally been, controlled education and social welfare. These years of peace are often referred to by French Canadians as New France's "Golden Age". -
battle of fort carillon (celina)
The Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga,[5] was fought on July 8, 1758, during the French and Indian War. In the battle, French army of about 4,000 men defeated an overwhelmingly numerically superior force of British troops. The battle was the bloodiest of the war, with over 3,000 men suffered, of which over 2,000 were British -
Battle of the plains of Abraham (tanisha)
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, fought September 13, 1759, was a battle during the Seven Years War, fought outside Quebec City in New France. In the battle the British forces defeated the French and conquered New France. The French side was led by General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon.This battle gave the British control over all of New France, later Quebec, and ended French power in what is now a part of Canada. The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1763 to end the war -
Intermarriages (Celina)
For new France to grow, it had to repopulate so the coureur des bois married first nation women. These marriages were important because it would create offsprings for New France. Plus the aboriginal women would help the men learn important skills to survive the harsh climates. Another good thin was that with these relations, New France would get more partners for fur trading. In the 1800s, these relationships produced new people call Metis, since they have First Nations parents and European pare
