SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
Question
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Montreal
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Quebec
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Lousiana
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King Louie
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Detailed explanation-1: -Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve founded Ville-Marie, which was destined to become the most important trading post in New France and the future city of Montréal. Maisonneuve served as governor until 1665.
Detailed explanation-2: -Quebec was first called Canada between 1534 and 1763. It was the most developed colony of New France as well as New France’s centre, responsible for a variety of dependencies (ex.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1608 Samuel de Champlain installed the first permanent base in Canada at Quebec, which grew as a fortified fur-trading post. The St. Lawrence and its tributaries gave the French the best access to the interior of North America and control over the fur trade, an advantage that the British wanted to gain.
Detailed explanation-4: -The colony of Canada was a French colony within the larger territory of New France. It was claimed by France in 1535 during the second voyage of Jacques Cartier, in the name of the French king, Francis I. The colony remained a French territory until 1763, when it became a British colony known as the Province of Quebec.
Detailed explanation-5: -Pierre de Chauvin de Tonnetuit established Canada’s first fur trading post in Tadoussac in 1600.