New Spain and New France

Settled in the southwestern part of the US

• Spain
• France
• both

wanted to establish a fur and fishing trade 

• Spain
• France
• both

sent missionaries to the New World to convert Native Americans to Christianity

• Spain
• France
• both

established the colony of Quebec and the land of Lousiana

• Spain
• France
• both

Roman Catholic was their religion

• Spain
• France
• both

came to find gold in the New World

• Spain
• France
• both

Robert LaSalle helped this country explore the new lands along the Mississippi River 

• Spain
• France
• both

This first French colony was established in 1608.

• Stadacona
• Montreal
• Quebec
• Hochelaga

How did the Spanish make their money?

• cash crops
• gold and other resources
• fur trade
• slave trade

Which rivers were a part of new France?

• Atlantic
• Broad 
• Saluda
• St. Lawrence & Mississippi