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French fur trade 

By Tim Cartwright   

 
 

1. cover/table  of c  ontents 

2. The  founding  of  canada 

3. The  population  growth  

4.  C  onverting n  atives t o  christianity   

5. The t hree  wars 

 

 

 

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In  1523 a    man  named  jacques  cartier  who  goes o  n a  nd f inds c  anada 
and e  stablish c  anada  for f rance. I n  1608  a m  an  named  Samuel  de C  hamplain f inish 
the e  stablishment  in c  anada a  nd i s  know a  s t he  father  of  france. T  hey  then  found 
huron  indian t ribe. W  hich t hey l ater t rade w  eapons  and o  ther t hings.  The  french 
went t o c  anada  only b  ecause  they w  ere  looking f or  beavers  so t hey  could  take  their 
hides  and  make c  lothes  and t hey  where w  ater  resistance s  o t hey  would n  ot g  et 
rewind i f t hey w  ere w  et.  The  french w  ent  around  canada i n t wo  groups  one  group 
would  trade t hings  like w  eapons  and c  lothes.  The o  ther  group  would  try t o c  onvert 
them t o c  hristianity.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The population of the large group of catholic of new france grew at a

very slow pace by 1700 about 250,000 europeans lived in english colonies.

15,000 in french north america, 4,000 in spanish north america. In 1750 the

french had a large space of land in north america.

   

 
 

 

 

3. 

 

A man named jacques marquette tried to convert 

natives to become christian. but the natives were not 

very opened to this idea. Jesuit missionary were 

explorers and geographers of the mississippi region ohio 

valley and other areas. They covered a lot of area and 

the french empire grew at a very slowly because 

canada had bad weather. Also they had know heating 

bad natives that will kill you and no gold silver. They 

created fortes by the mississippi river and in detroit. The 

french denied elective representatives assemblies.   
 

 

 

    
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

  4  . 
 
There were three wars the first war was about land 
against new england and france and was called king 
william's war took place in 1689-1697. The second one was 
about french canadian attacks NE colonies and spanish 
florida attacks south carolina. The british take over nova 
scotia , newfoundland and hudson bay from new france 
was called Queen anne's war 1702-1713.  
The third war was about was about english colonies 
attacked by france and spain over territory disputes. New 
england colonist capture french fort louisburg. Peace 
treaty gave the fort back to france. Angered the colonist, 
They wanted the land.