New France

New France

French Settlement in North America

• Cartier traded with Native Americans and fur trade continued after he explored

• Beaver fur was most popluar

• King Henry IV said merchants who wanted to trade furs had to build a colony in N. America

• 1603 Samuel de Champlain sent to map N. American where beavers were found

Multiple Choice

The search for gold was the main attraction for the French.

• true

• false

.....Continued

• Champlain explored the forests of now Canada

• He named it "New France"

• His reports made people want to go

• Champlain explored for 5 years and started a colony along St. Lawrence River called Quebec

Growth of New France

• Early French Settlements grew slowly due to civil war in France

• English and Dutch colonists started settling southern coast of New France -->disagreements over fur trade

• King Louis XIV made New France a royal colony and appointed governor-genearal

Multiple Choice

New France's population grew mainly because of a large increase in immigration.

• true

• false

Exploring the Mississippi

• Native Americans spoke of great river to the west --> French thought it was Northwest Passage

• Expedition sent out led by Jacques Marquette to explore the river

• They soon figured out with it flowing south it wasn't the Northwest Passage

• Established trading posts

Multiple Choice

Why did the French want to explore the Mississippi River?

• They thought they could meet new Indian friends.

• They wanted a new route back to France.

• They thought it was the Northwest Passage.

Founding Louisiana

• Rene-Robert Cavelier a.k.a. Sieur de la Salle set out to explore the Mississippi

• Explored from mouth of Illinois River to Gulf of Mexico

• Claimed all Mississippi River valley for France naming it Louisiana in honor of the king

• Area stretched from Appalachians to the Rockies and from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico

Multiple Select

Which of these where the four markers that described how big Louisiana was?

• Great Lakes

• Appalachian Mountains

• Mississippi River

• Gulf of Mexico

• Rocky Mountains