French In Canada Notes PDF
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These notes cover the French presence in Canada, focusing on Samuel de Champlain's role and the establishment of trading posts like Port Royal and Quebec. It also touches on the fur trade and interactions with Indigenous peoples. The notes seem to be for a class or lesson.
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educe notes for future R Date: 15/01/25 lass: C opic: French in T recall of key ideas(Written Social Canada idk soon after lesson/presentation) ecord Notes( Written during lesson/presentation, point form) R Samuel de Champlain: - Arriving in Canada in the 17th century, he knew that there were highly sought after pelts in Canada. - He sees a lucrative opportunity in the Canadian fur trade, he plans to collect and sell these pelts. Samuel de Champlain, unlike other explorers before him didn’t come to Canada with the initial purpose of colonizing it, but rather money - The French king pushed for permanent settlements on the land for some reasons: - If people live on the land, it would be much easier to defend (Instead of sending an army everytime a threat arises) - They won’t have to pay for an army because the inhabitants will protect their own land Port Royal: - The French set up a fur trade post called “Port Royal” - It was located near the East Coast, but wasn’t that optimal of a location because it was on the outskirts of Canada - Additionally, most beaver pelts were found in the Canadian Shield (Central and North parts of Canada) Quebec: - Was a better location for fur trading posts, was more inland, and was near an intricate system of waterways and rivers, so it made transporting pelts easy Fur Trade: - Samuel de Champlain had to work with the indigenous people: - He needed the indigenous people to help with finding pelts, then transporting those pelts to the fur trade posts that were established (Since the first nations knew the way of the land) - The French originally weren’t as harmful to the first nations compared to others - The French established the Fur Trade, whereas the English established agriculture in the lands - Most First Nations were participating in the fur trade of their own account, as they would receive goods for their pelts, there was a mutual benefit - Most first nations would side with theFrench nd not the English. This is because the English a were farming, to do so they needed to destroy the land and the First Nations way of life Timeline: Fate of the Acadians and New France - Beaver Warsbegan in the 17th Century - There were fights between the French and the Iroquois(Haudenosaunee), over access to Northern pelts - The French had allied with theHuronand Algonquin, who were already enemies of the Iroquois - The Iroquois had sided with theBritish - War of Spanish Succession (1702 - 1713) - Ended with the Treaty of Utrecht which lead to the following events: - Britain took most of Acadia (formerly French occupied land) - Britain had control over a lot of French people living in Acadia - This lead to more British colonists arriving in Acadia - Britain let France keep the following two islands: - Île Saint Jean (PEI) - Île Royal (Cape Breton) - The British wanted the Acadians to take an oath of loyalty to the British King: - The Acadians were traditional French Catholics who accepted the Pope as their head of church - Therefore, they couldn’t accept the oath, for it would mean rejecting the Pope as their leader, instead accepting the British monarch as their head of church. This would defy their religion, which would have consequences in the afterlife, so most Acadians said no - At this point in time, those who refused were untouched (nothing happened to them) - Acadia then became Nova Scotia - The French began to build a fort “Louisbourg” on Cape Breton, this was actually a mistake by Britain, as they had given them control of the waterways, llowing them to block naval a entry into New France - War of Austrian Succession (1740 - 1748): - Ended with Treaty of Aixla Chapelle - The British attacked Louisbourg, and seized control - Still, many Acadians supported the French - British questioned the Acadian loyalty, but nothing was done - British began construction of Halifax, and in the end, Ile Royal (Cape Breton) was returned to France - Deportation of Acadians (1755) - Don’t need to know too much about it yet just know it happened New France by 1750 ver the course of 150 years New France grew greatly. The O nature of the fur trade, however, discouraged settlements being made. The French built many trading posts but didn’t have enough manpower to maintain these posts. Along the Eastern seaboard (America), British colonies were growing rapidly. They were primarily farming communities and attracted many more settlers than the French could. European conflicts like the War of Spanish Succession and Austrian Succession lead to France losing some of its territory to Britain eflect and Review(Written summary after lesson/presentationto connect key ideas with R overarching/controlling idea)
