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In 1603 Samuel de Champlain first arrives on the shores of Quebec and builds the first set of buildings, that would grow into a city.
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Champlain's involvement with the Huron people meant that fur trade improved, the French could evangelize them, and the people of New France were taught forest warfare.
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Converting the first people to Catholic was a major priority for the French. The acceptance of missionaries by the Huron was due to their friendship with Champlain.
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Champlain finds investors to build New France, He begins group that is to spread the French empire
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Montreal started of as a missions village, but later grew into a city
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King Louis XIV sends workers, women and armed personal to assist New France.
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The British captured the port once again, Acadia stayed under their power. This was the beginning of the British's takeover of North America.
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The British decide to remove the Acadia people from their homes.
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This was the beginning to a struggle for power between France and Brittan.
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The French commander won a bloody battle against the British.
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The British's victory meant that they could block France's supply ships.
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Major General James Wolfe began his siege on Quebec. He fired cannons into the city, killing many and destroying many buildings
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The battle of the plains of Abraham was only 13 minutes longs, but was the tipping point for the fall of New France. Both the French and British leaders died from this battle. However the British were victorious.
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This was the last of France's settlements in North America.
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After the British's victory in the seven year war, France and England began a peace negotiation in 1761. Which resulted in the French only keeping two islands in North America.
