grade 4 history
French Settlement in Canada (New France)
- Founded by Jacques Cartier in 1534
- Cartier placed a cross on the Gaspé peninsula and claimed the land for the king of France
- French and First Nations were allies
- The French decided to settle in America in order to take advantage of their fur supplies
- The first attempts that the French made to settle did not work
- In 1608 Samuel de Champlain settled with 28 men in Quebec City which became one of the first permanent settlements in America
- Champlain became allies with the Algonquian people
- The French quickly became the enemy of the Iroquois people because they were at war with the Algonquian
- Founded by Jacques Cartier in 1534
- Cartier placed a cross on the Gaspé peninsula and claimed the land for the king of France
- French and First Nations were allies
- The French decided to settle in America in order to take advantage of their fur supplies
- The first attempts that the French made to settle did not work
- In 1608 Samuel de Champlain settled with 28 men in Quebec City which became one of the first permanent settlements in America
- Champlain became allies with the Algonquian people
- The French quickly became the enemy of the Iroquois people because they were at war with the Algonquian