French fur trade
By Ryan K reiser
1. cover/table of c ontents
2. The founding o f c anada
3. The p opulation growth
4. C onverting n atives t o c hristianity
5. The t hree w ars
1.
In 1 523 a m an n amed jacques c artier w ho g oes
on and f inds c anada and e stablish canada f or f rance. In
1608 a m an n amed Samuel de C hamplain f inish the
establishment in c anada a nd is know a s the father o f
france. Then t hey found huron indian t ribe. Which t hey
later trade weapons and other t hings. The french w ent to
canada o nly b ecause they were l ooking for b eavers so
they could take their hides a nd make clothes a nd t hey
where water r esistance so they w ould n ot get rewind if
they w ere w et. T he french went a round canada i n two
groups o ne g roup would trade t hings l ike w eapons a nd
clothes. The other g roup would try to convert them to
christianity.
2.
The population o f the large group of catholic o f new
france g rew at a v ery slow pace by 1700 about 2 50,000
europeans l ived i n e nglish c olonies. 1 5,000 i n f rench
north a merica, 4 ,000 i n s panish north america. I n 1750
the f rench had a large s pace of land in n orth america.
3.
A m an n amed jacques marquette t ried t o convert
natives t o b ecome christian. but t he n atives w ere n ot v ery
opened t o t his idea. J esuit m issionary were explorers a nd
geographers o f the m ississippi r egion ohio valley a nd
other areas. T hey c overed a l ot of area a nd t he f rench
empire grew at a v ery s lowly b ecause c anada h ad b ad
weather. Also they h ad k now h eating bad natives t hat w ill
kill y ou and no gold silver. T hey created fortes by t he
mississippi river and i n detroit. T he french denied e lective
representatives assemblies.
4.
There w ere t hree wars the f irst w ar was about l and
against n ew e ngland and f rance and was c alled k ing
william's war took p lace in 1 6891697. T he second o ne
was about f rench canadian a ttacks NE c olonies a nd
spanish florida a ttacks s outh carolina. The british take
over n ova scotia , newfoundland and hudson b ay f rom
new france was c alled Q ueen anne's w ar 1 7021713.
The t hird war was about was a bout e nglish c olonies
attacked b y france a nd s pain over t erritory d isputes. N ew
england colonist c apture french f ort l ouisburg. P eace
treaty gave the f ort b ack t o france. Angered t he colonist,
They w anted t he l and.
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