SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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To have a place to stop for the French to rest.
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To set up a trading post.
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To help find beaver pelts to sent back to France
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It was an important entrance to Lake Ontario.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City. Champlain was the first European to describe the Great Lakes, and published maps of his journeys and accounts of what he learned from the natives and the French living among the Natives.
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: -The French first settled on Saint Croix Island in the middle of the Saint Croix River.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -Not only did he found Québec in 1608, but for 25 years he tirelessly championed the ambitious project to establish a French colony in the St. Lawrence Valley. As a young man, he thirsted for adventure. As an adult, he saw Québec’s enormous potential.