SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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100
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5 000
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1 000
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600
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Detailed explanation-1: -1683–Population of New France : 10, 251. (Archives de Paris.) 1685–Population of New France : 12, 263; including 1, 538 of the Indian population collected in villages. (Census.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was organized by Jean Talon, the first Intendant of New France, between 1665 and 1666. According to Talon’s census there were 3, 215 people in New France, comprising 538 separate families.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lawrence in 1603. In the next year he was on the Bay of Fundy and had a share in founding the first French colony in North America-that of Port-Royal, (now Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia). In 1608 he began the settlement that was named Quebec, selecting a commanding site that controlled the narrowing of the St.
Detailed explanation-4: -New France, as this land was once called, consisted of five colonies that covered a massive swath of North America, stretching from Hudson Bay in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south.