Samuel De Champlain

What was Samuel De Champlain searching for?

• the Northwest Passage

• France

• Puerto Rico

• gold

In paragraph 2, what else does it say Samuel De Champlain did?

This French explorer mapped the area he called "New France" in present-day Canada and made alliances, or agreements, with native tribes to help defend both the natives and the European settlers.

• Christopher Columbus

• Francisco Vasquez de Coronado

• Samuel de Champlain

• Hernando de Soto

What French colony did Samuel De Champlain establish in 1608? Why did he set it up near a river?

What did Champlain and his men trade with the Native Americans?

• Whistles

• knives, tools, and beaver furs

• instruments

• tea

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