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Champlain arrives in North America
Champlain's travels were merely dependent on the skills, knowledge, and technologies of the Algonquin, Wendat, Wabanaki, and Innu. -
Quebec "the place where the river narrows"
Champlain built a fur trading post at a spot on the St. Lawrence River which the Algonquin people called Kebec (where the river narrows). -
Champlain reaches Huron country
The Huron is a large group of Aboriginal people who greeted Champlain when he traveled up the St. Lawrence to the Rivrère des Prairies. -
New France was named
New France, what Canada was once called, consisted of five colonies that covered a massive part of North America, stretching from Hudson Bay in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south. -
Attack by the English
The Anglo-French War was part of the Thirty Years' War. It involved mainly actions at sea. The conflict began because of the Siege of La Rochelle where the English crown supported the French Huguenots in their fight against the French royal forces. -
Champlain's death
In October of 1635 Champlain had a severe stroke, and ended up dying that December. There are records stating he died in the care of his friend and confessor Charles Lallemant. -
Disease spread through the Huron Nation
The Huron population went from between 20,000 and 25,000 to around 9,000 people due to a series of epidemics such as measles, influenza, and smallpox. -
Iroquois attack New France
The fur trade was the biggest source of income for the French colony of New France. The Iroquois wanted to control the major fur trade routes which were previously controlled by the Huron. -
Louis XIV takes control and saves New France
For 55 years King Louis XIV was looked over by trading companies. He tried to reverse New France's fortunes by investing more in its most promising colony, Canada. -
War between New France and the Iroquois begins
The Iroquois mounted attacks on the settlers of New France, looting and burning down homes. Parents left on business and to gather winter supplies, leaving children alone. -
British conquer Acadia
The conquest of Acadia was a military siege conducted by British regular and provincial forces under the command of Francis Nicholson against a French Acadian garrison and the Wabanaki Confederacy under the command of Daniel d'Auger de Subercase, at the Acadian capital, Port Royal. -
Seven Years' War
This was the last major conflict before the French Revolution to involve all the great powers of Europe. It started out of the attempt of the Austrian Habsburgs to win back the rich province of Silesia which was taken from them by Prussia. -
Siege of Louisbourg
This battle was pivotal in the Seven Years' War that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led directly to the loss of Quebec in 1759 and the rest of French North America the year after. -
Capture of Louisburg
Known as the French and Indian War, on the North East coast of Nova Scotia on the eastern seaboard of Canada. It was the British and Americans against the French and Canadians. In the end, the British-American force won the capture of Louisburg. -
The English attempt to capture Quebec
The first attempt was a fail for the English to push the French out of America, when Sir William Phips, the commander of a British fleet then laid up in the St. Lawrence River besieging the French Canadian city of Quebec, was forced to concede defeat.
