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Champlain and the Origins of New France
Reference:
Cranny, M. (1998) Crossroads: A Meeting of Nations, Ch. 8, p. 226-231
1. (p. 226) What happened in “The New World” for France after the voyages of Cartier?
FRENCH LIMITED ACTIVITIES TO FISHING AND TRADING VIA SHORE PARTIES
2. (p. 226) Who was Champlain?
SOLDIER AND NAVIGATOR; MADE ASST. TO SIEUR DE MONTS WHO WAS
CHARGED WITH SETTING UP TRADING POSTS. ESTABLISHED ‘PORT ROYAL’ W/
DE MONTS.
3. (p. 226) Describe the founding of Port Royal and comment on it’s success as a colony.
FOUNDED W/ 60 SETTLERS; NOT A SUCCESS- BUILT SEVERAL BUILDINGS A MILL
AND PLANTED CROPS BUT THE LOSS OF A TRADING MONOPOLY AND THE POST
WAS ABANDONED IN 1607. SOME STAYED AND FORMED COLONY OF ACADIA.
4. (p. 227) Why did Champlain pick the site of Quebec for a post?
CLIFFS PROVIDED A NATURAL FORT. ALGONKIANS AND MONTAGNAJS WOULD
HAVE PROVIDED TRADING OPPORTUNITIES
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5. (p. 227) Describe life a the Quebec habitation. What was the Ordre de Bon Temps?
SAFE AND SECURE; GOOD BUILDINGS. CHAMPLAIN FOCUSED ON KEEPING UP
MORALE WITH Order de Bon Temps WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE GRAND MEALS
W/ MUSIC.
6. (p. 228-230) Explain how Champlain came to be allied with the Huron (First Nations) Empire
WANTED TO BE THEIR TRADING PARTNER SO ALLIED W/ THEM AGAINST
IROQOUIS IN EXCHANGE FOR THEIR TRADE MONOPOLY.
7. (p. 230-231) How did Champlain get the fur trade started? What were coureur de bois?
MADE ALLIANCE W/ HURON AND TRADED WITH THEM. Coureur de bois WERE MEN
SENT OUT TO LIVE WITH FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE, MARRY INTO THEIR FAMILIES
TRAP AND TRADE W/FRENCH.
8. (p. 231) How did Champlain’s colony fare (get by) after the attack by the English Kirke borthers? What was the
Company of a Hundred Associates?
WAS A BLOW (former allies that were annoyed with huron partnership aided English).
HOWEVER IT DID NOT DIE- LATER, COMPANY OF A HUNDRED ASSOCIATES
BACKED BY MOST POWERFUL FRENCH MAN RE SETTLED THE COLONY.
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The Quebec Settlement : A.—The Warehouse. B.—Pigeon-loft. C.—Detached Buildings where we keep our arms and for
Lodging our Workmen. D.—Another Detached Building for the Workmen. E.—Sun- dial. F.—Another Detached Building where
is the Smithy and where the Workmen are Lodged. G.— Galleries all around the Lodgings. H.—The Sieur de Champlain's
Lodgings. I.—The door of the Settlement with a Draw-bridge. L Promenade around the Settlement ten feet in width to the edge
of the Moat. M.—Moat the whole way around the Settlement. O.—The Sieur de Champlain's Garden. P.— The Kitchen. Q.—
Space in front of the Settlement on the Shore of the River. R.—The great River St. Lawrence.
For fun... try drawing your "habitation" real or imagined... the place you live or the place you would like to
live. Use letters (like the diagram on the previous page) and a key.
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