The First French Settlements 1603 chap
The First French Settlements 1603-1663
Chapter 4
Samuel de Champlain 1604 motivated by wealth
Why the change to colonization?
Establish French interests in North America against competing European powers
Henri IV wanted to regain prestige after the Religious wars in France
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 the seas were safe
Acadia
1604 Champlain accompanied Pierre du Gua de Monts as a geographer and cartographer to Acadia
Two Catholic priests, a protestant minister, artisans, carpenters, masons, soldiers, vagabonds and noblemen also made the voyage
De Mont was given exclusive right to trade with the Aboriginals and in return for 60 colonists a year and converting the Aboriginals
Made their habitation quickly at Ile Ste. Croix
Bad winter where half the expedition died
1605 move the settlement to Port Royal where it was better sheltered
1607 Port Royal was abandoned when de Mont’s trading monopoly was revoked
De Monts returned to France and Champlain headed down the St. Lawrence River
1609 Port Royal was reclaimed by France to keep its claim to the fishery and the fur trade
Membertou was the chief of the Mi’kmaq peoples in the area and the grand chief of the seven districts
Membertou welcomed Champlain and helped them to adjust to life in Acadia
It was aboriginal hospitality, but the French saw it as non-resistance
Quebec
Champlain convince Louis XIII that a colony could serve the convert the Aboriginals and give France a trade advantage
Chose Quebec because it was advantageous to trade and was defensible and was uninhabited at the time
Stadacona, Donnacona and the Iroquois were gone
Champlain made a deal with the Montagnais and Algonkian to trade and settle on Montagnais land, but not to have title to the lands
By the end of 1609 only 8 of the original 28 settlers were alive mostly due to scurvy
The English Kirke brothers destroyed Quebec in 1629 and took Champlain to England as a prisoner
He returned in 1632, but the
Chapter 4
Samuel de Champlain 1604 motivated by wealth
Why the change to colonization?
Establish French interests in North America against competing European powers
Henri IV wanted to regain prestige after the Religious wars in France
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 the seas were safe
Acadia
1604 Champlain accompanied Pierre du Gua de Monts as a geographer and cartographer to Acadia
Two Catholic priests, a protestant minister, artisans, carpenters, masons, soldiers, vagabonds and noblemen also made the voyage
De Mont was given exclusive right to trade with the Aboriginals and in return for 60 colonists a year and converting the Aboriginals
Made their habitation quickly at Ile Ste. Croix
Bad winter where half the expedition died
1605 move the settlement to Port Royal where it was better sheltered
1607 Port Royal was abandoned when de Mont’s trading monopoly was revoked
De Monts returned to France and Champlain headed down the St. Lawrence River
1609 Port Royal was reclaimed by France to keep its claim to the fishery and the fur trade
Membertou was the chief of the Mi’kmaq peoples in the area and the grand chief of the seven districts
Membertou welcomed Champlain and helped them to adjust to life in Acadia
It was aboriginal hospitality, but the French saw it as non-resistance
Quebec
Champlain convince Louis XIII that a colony could serve the convert the Aboriginals and give France a trade advantage
Chose Quebec because it was advantageous to trade and was defensible and was uninhabited at the time
Stadacona, Donnacona and the Iroquois were gone
Champlain made a deal with the Montagnais and Algonkian to trade and settle on Montagnais land, but not to have title to the lands
By the end of 1609 only 8 of the original 28 settlers were alive mostly due to scurvy
The English Kirke brothers destroyed Quebec in 1629 and took Champlain to England as a prisoner
He returned in 1632, but the