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2.4 France and the Netherlands in North America

2.4 France and the Netherlands in North America. New France. The French began to settle colonies in the 1600s Samuel de Champlain 11 voyages Founded Quebec on the St. Lawrence River Explored Vermont and NY. New France. Life in New France Different from New Spain

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2.4 France and the Netherlands in North America

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  1. 2.4 France and the Netherlands in North America

  2. New France • The French began to settle colonies in the 1600s • Samuel de Champlain • 11 voyages • Founded Quebec on the St. Lawrence River • Explored Vermont and NY

  3. New France • Life in New France • Different from New Spain • Made money from fishing and fur trade • Traded with the natives • Trading posts set up by Champlain continued to flourish • Coureurs de bois traveled into N.A. • Some married native women and started families • In the late 1600s fur prices dropped • People began to farm • The king set colonist including women • Population grew to 5,000 in1672

  4. New France • Exploring the Mississippi • Jacques Marquette, a Jesuit missionary, explored the Great Lakes region and established missions • Marquette and Louis Joliet, a fur trader, explored through Wis. To the Mississippi R. • Thought they had found the Northwest Passage • At the Arkansas R. realized they were going to the Gulf of Mexico • Returned home • LaSalle followed their route to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed all of the lands along the MS R. for France. • Named it Louisiana

  5. New Netherland • Dutch claims based on Hudson’s exploration • Main settlement in Albany • Others settled in New Amsterdam • Mouth of the Hudson R. • 1653 had 800 people • The English were blocked from moving west (Most of New England is east of New York) • The English took New Netherlands and renamed it New York

  6. The Impact on Native Americans • Native Americans and the French had a good relationship • French get furs • Native Americans get manufactured goods • iron pots • tools • Guns • Also a negative effect • Guns added to the disputes between the Huron and Iroquois • Introduction to European diseases • Loss of furbearing animals

  7. What Happens Next? • With your group discuss what happens when a resource runs out?

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