French Exploration in the New World

Who was the famous French explorer who established fur trade routes up and down the Mississippi?

• Louis Joliet

• Jacques Cartier

• Robert LaSalle

• Samuel de Champlain

What was the main reason for France to send explorers and settlers to the New World?

• To establish fur trade routes

• To develop plantations

• To convert the natives to Catholicism

What type of colony was New France under the French government?

• Royal colony

• Proprietary colony

• Charter colony

• Self-governing colony

How did France benefit from making alliances with the Indigenous peoples?

• They had native people fighting alongside them in wars

• They established plantations in the New World

• They gained control of fur trade routes

• They were able to convert them to Catholicism

Which religious group had control over colonial life in New France?

• Anglicans

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Protestants