French Colonization-

FRENCH
COLONIZATION

Table of Contents-

Page 1…..Title Page
Page 2…..Table of Contents
Page 3…..Jacques Cartier
Page 4…..Samuel de Champlain
Page 5…..Establishing colonies
Page 6…..Relations with native
americans
Page 7…..Fur Trade
Page 8…..Beaver Pelts
Page 9…..Trade
Page 10…..French Trappers
Page 11…..Missionaries

Jacques Cartier (1491-1557)- French
explorer of Breton origin who claimed what
is now Canada for France. Jacques Cartier
was the first European to describe and map
the Gulf of Saint Lawrence Saint Lawrence
River. He established France's claim to the

area now known as Canada.

Samuel de Champlain(1574-1635)- ¨Father
of New France¨ In 1608, France establishes
its empire at Quebec. Born into a family of
mariners. When he was a young man
began exploring North America in 1603. He
was a French navigator, cartographer,
draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer,
ethnologist, diplomat and chronicler. He
founded New France and Quebec City on

July 3, 1608.​

Establishing colonies- French colonization
started in the 16th century and it continued
on into the following centuries as France
establishes a colonial empire located in the
Western Hemisphere. France founded
colonies in mostly eastern North America,
on Caribbean Islands, also in South
America. Colonies were developed mostly
to export products such as fish, sugar, and

furs.

Relations with native americans- New
france establishes a relationship with the
huron indians. Relationship is based on
economic trade. A big enemy is the iroquois
tribe. The French were the first Europeans
who Wisconsin Indians made contact with.
They established the colony of Quebec in
Canada in 1608 and quickly developed
economic and political relationships with a
lot of Indian groups at the St. Lawrence
River valley and the Great Lakes.

Fur trade- The first Europeans to purchase
furs from Indians were French and English
fishermen who, during the 1500s fished off
the coast of Northeastern Canada. They
occasionally traded with the Indians. In
exchange, Indians received
European-manufactured goods like, guns,
metal cooking utensils, and cloth.

Beaver pelts- Beaver pelts played an
important role in the fur trade. The beaver
pelts were used for many different things,
coats, capes, outerwear, garment, shoe
lining, a variety of head coverings, and
ornamental trim and trappings.

Trade-
● Alcohol
● Glass beads
● Pots and pans
● Metal tools
● Axes
● Knives
● Fur
● Beaver pelts
● Cloth
● Utensils
● Guns

French trappers- They were known as the
¨coureurs des bois¨ or known as (¨runners
of the woods¨). They began to do their
business by the late 17th and early 18th
centuries. And over time, many of the Metis
were drawn to something called the
independent trade. Independent trade is a
trade union that represents workers in a
business/company. And the Metis were the
descendents of French trappers and native
women.

Missionaries- catholic jesuits missionaries attempted to
convert indigenous people to christianity in the interior.
Jesuit missionaries, father jacques marquette was looking
to convert native people. Not a lot of native people convert
to catholicism. But the jesuit missionaries played an
important role as explorers and geographers in the
mississippi region, ohio valley and other areas.
Expansion of new france- cover vast territory, it was a
relatively slow expansion. It was a slow expansion
because of the bad weather, it wasn't easy to live there
was no heating. There were no cash crops, no gold or
silver, tobacco or things that the British and Spanish
colonies were getting rich off of. By about 1700, 250k
Europeans lived in the English colonies, 15k in French
North America, 4,500 in Spanish North America.