SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
COLONIES OF FRANCE ENGLAND
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He loved the French frontier and discovered several important lakes
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He loved the French frontier
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He discovered several rivers
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He established the new frontier
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Detailed explanation-1: -Samuel de Champlain is appropriately called the “Father of New France”, because he nurtured the colonization of Canada through its failures, setbacks and successes. The French plans to colonize North America, in 1603, differed from the common practiced policies of colonization.
Detailed explanation-2: -He was key to French expansion in the New World. Known as the “Father of New France, ” Champlain founded Quebec (1608), one of the oldest cities in what is now Canada, and consolidated French colonies. He also made important explorations of what is now northern New York, the Ottawa River, and the eastern Great Lakes.
Detailed explanation-3: -King Henry IV wanted to the French to begin settling in the New World in hopes that wealth could be brought back to France. So he sent an expedition to locate a place in the New World to establish a French colony and fur trade settlement. Samuel de Champlain would be among the men who would take part in this venture.