SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Settlement and expansion of New France were unlikely before women could be assured it was safe to live there.
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The Iroquois continued to live peacefully with the settlers of New France for many years after their defeat.
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Soldiers who were sent to make peace in New France liked the area so much that they decided to stay
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The King of France was not interested in settling the area before the population there began to expand.
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Detailed explanation-1: -… King sent a military commander, Alexandre de Prouville, the marquis de Tracy, and a regiment of soldiers who in 1666 defeated the Iroquois and forced them to make peace.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France, as well as their respective allies.
Detailed explanation-3: -New France (French: Nouvelle-France) was the territory colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
Detailed explanation-4: -Why did New France attract few colonists? Potential colonists balked at the hard work of clearing dense forests to plant new farms and the long Canadian winter shocked newcomers.