USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Permanent European settlement of the region began only in 1608, when Samuel de Champlain established a fort at Cape Diamond, the site of present-day Quebec city, then called Stadacona. A half century later the French settlement had a meagre population of some 3, 200 people.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -1534: Jacques Cartier landed on the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the region for France. 1535: Cartier visited the Indian villages of Stadacona (now the city of Québec) and Hochelaga (now Montréal). 1608: Samuel de Champlain founded the city of Québec.