Life in New France Chapters 2 3 How
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Life in New France Chapters 2 -3
How Colonies Were Built: • 1. King gives permission (charter) to investors to create a company whose only purpose is to start a colony. • 2. Investors create a joint-stock company (pool resources) • 3. Company sends ships, men & supplies to new land & builds settlement. Profit split among group & king given certain % for giving them permission to build the colony!
The French Come to North America • Northwest Passage- fabled H 2 O route through North America to Asia • French explore coast looking for N. W. P. – Cartier- explored St. Lawrence River & inner Canada – Champlain- built 1 st French colony in Nova Scotia & founded Quebec- became capital of “New France”
Life In New France • Fur trading post • Temporary colony- fur trade in winter, abandoned in summer months • Mainly men- lived with Native Americans & intermarried Native women • No huge cities, mainly small trading posts
New France Expands • Marquette & Joliet – explored the upper Mississippi River & claimed all land around the river for France • La Salle – 1 st to follow the Mississippi all the way to the Gulf of Mexico – Claimed the region for France (Louisiana – King Louis XIV) • D’Iberville Brothers – built French settlements of Biloxi, Mobile & later New Orleans for France