Lesson: Newcomers to New France - Soldiers and Religious Figures PDF

Ne FRA w The Newcomers: Soldiers and Religious Figures Previous EXPL Arrivals ORE Jacques Cartier makes his way up the St. Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec City in 1608 RS Lawrence multiple and it becomes first permanent times. “Cl...

Ne FRA w The Newcomers: Soldiers and Religious Figures Previous EXPL Arrivals ORE Jacques Cartier makes his way up the St. Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec City in 1608 RS Lawrence multiple and it becomes first permanent times. “Claims” this settlement in “Canada.” land for France and Becomes allies of the Huron and records name enemies of the Haudenosaunee. “Kanata.” Treats Makes amazing maps! Fur trade Haudenosaunee grows. When he dies in 1635, poorly and makes a 150 people live in Quebec. Back Story THE SUN In Europe in the 1500s and 1600s, it was still believed that kings and queens were halfway between god and human. This is KING known as “divine rule.” In France, Louis XIV (14th) called himself the “Sun King” and used the sun as his symbol. Two of his reasons for this were that he gives life to all things and he wanted to be tied to the Roman god Apollo. Louis became king at the age 4 of in 1643. He ruled until his death in TheSOL In the early years of New France, France sent soldiers over to defend the colony from Haudenosaunee attacks. In 1665, more than 1000 DIER soldiers were there. They went on several trips to destroy Haudenosaunee villages. When a peace treaty was signed in 1667, about 400 men stayed as settlers. The king even gave them financial rewards to get started. By 1669, Louis XIV had enough men for TheCAT In Europe, the Roman Catholic religion was the main religion until the early 1500s. After that, some new types of Christianity were created in HOLI protest of some key Catholic beliefs and practices. These new churches were called “Protestants.” France was very stubborn in keeping their country Catholic so the king made rules to protect it. Because of this, Catholicism was the only religion to Amiens Cathedral in France. Built in the 1300s, cathedrals like this go to New France. one were giant monuments to the Catholic faith. TheCATHOL The Society of Jesus (aka the Jesuits) was a group of missionaries that began in 1534. In 1611, the first Jesuits arrived in New France. They ICS: had two goals: spread the Catholic religion to Indigenous people to save them start schools for boys In 1634, they built a center called Sainte Marie Among the Hurons. Saint Ignatius Loyola started the Jesuits (Society of Jesus). They became strong advisors of the kings and queens. TheCATHOLI Sainte Marie Among the Hurons was built in what is now Midland, Ontario. You can actually go see a rebuild of it CS: today. The center was supposed to be a place for farming and religion along the major fur trade canoe routes. The center was very fortified because the Haudensaunee people still hated the Huron. Thousands of Huron/Wendat TheCATHOL In addition to fleeing the Haudenosaunee, they were scared of small pox which had killed thousands of their people. Some Huron and Haudenosaunee believed that the small pox was a curse caused by ICS: Jesuits. In 1648, the Haudenosaunee attacked the mission and killed 5 Jesuits. The Jesuits decided to burn and leave the mission and 500-1000 people went to make a new one on Christian Island nearby. The island had trouble securing food and it didn’t end up any safer. In the Winter of 1649, the Haudeosaunee walked across the ice and destroyed everything. Unsurprisingly, establishing missions TheCATHOL In Paris in the 1600s, there was a group (convent) of nuns called Ursuline nuns. One nun named Marie Guyart had dreams and visions telling her to go to Quebec to convert ICS: Indigenous people to Christianity. In 1639, she and two other nuns arrived in Quebec. She became known as Marie de l’Incarnation and established the Ursuline mission in Quebec. What was unique about this mission was that it had schools for Indigenous and settler girls that taught reading, writing, arithmetic, homemaking, and religion. The goal was for the girls to become nuns or wives and mothers. Some