French Colonization
by Nick P
1. Courier de Bois
1.1. Fur Trade
1.2. The Courier de Bois were french hunters and trappers that established a fur trade with the Native Indians like the Hurons and Algonquins. This created a dispute with the Iroquois.
2. Montreal
2.1. Settled in 1642, Montreal was established by Samuel de Champlain.
3. Fur Trade
3.1. Courier de Bois
3.2. Hurons
3.3. algonquins
3.4. The Fur Trade was established by the French Courier de Bois along with the native Americans.
4. Louis Juliette
4.1. Mississippi River
4.2. Jacques Marquette
4.3. Louis Juliette and Jacques Marquette explored the Mississippi River in search of a path through America to the Pacific Ocean.
5. Jacques Marquette
5.1. Luis Juliette
5.2. Mississippi River
6. Mississippi River
6.1. Jacques Marquette
6.2. Louis Juliette
7. Jesuit Missionaries
7.1. Algonquins
7.2. Hurons
7.3. Created bonds with native Indians because the natives admired them.
8. Quebec
8.1. Champlain
8.2. Established by Champlain, Quebec was the first permanent French Colony.
9. Jacques Cartier
9.1. St. Lawrence River
9.2. Cartier established French claims along the St. Lawrence River.
9.3. Claimed eastern
10. Champlain
10.1. Quebec
10.2. Samuel Champlain established Quebec in 1608.
10.3. Known as the "Father of New France"
11. Lasalle
11.1. Mississippi River
11.2. LaSalle explored the Mississippi River starting from the south. He was killed by his followers for continuously getting lost.
12. St. Lawrence River
12.1. Jacques Cartier
12.2. The St. Lawrence River was charted by Jacques Cartier
12.3. Connected Quebec and Montreal to the rest of the New World.
13. Algonquins
13.1. Hurons
13.2. Fur Trade
13.3. Jesuits
13.4. Trade partners with the Courier de Bois along with the Hurons.
14. Hurons
14.1. Algonquins
14.2. Fur Trade
14.3. Jesuits
14.4. Native Indian tribe in modern Oklahoma.
