SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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The Great Peace of Montreal
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The Treaty of Utrecht
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The Treaty of Saint Germain-en-Laye
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The treaty of La Grande Paix de Montreal of July 21 to August 7 of 1701 was signed as a symbol of peace between the French and the First Nations. In the treaty, the Five Nations agreed to remain peaceful between the French and the British during times of war together.
Detailed explanation-2: -These treaties brought about an end to more than 150 years of relations and alliances between France and the Aboriginal people of the St. Lawrence Valley. By the mid 18th century, both France and Great Britain had established complex systems of alliances with different and competing Aboriginal groups.
Detailed explanation-3: -On today’s date in 1701, Governor of New France Louis-Hector de Callière signed a peace treaty with 39 First Nations chiefs to end decades of fighting in what’s now referred to as “The Great Peace of Montréal.”
Detailed explanation-4: -The Great Peace of Montréal, a peace treaty signed in 1701 by the Governor of New France, Louis-Hector de Callière, and 39 First Nations communities. Place de la Grande-Paix-de-Montréal is part of Place D’Youville, in Old Montréal, and home to the obelisk that honours the founders of Ville-Marie.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Beaver Wars ended with the Treaty of Grande Paix, or Great Peace, in 1701, between the Iroquois Confederacy, the British, and the French, in which the Iroquois agreed to stop their campaign against tribes in the Ohio Country and allow those pushed out to return to their lands.