COLONIZATION AFTER CHAMPLAINLife in New France

LIFE AFTER CHAMPLAIN

The area that was colonized was called New France

The territory of New France extended from Newfoundland to the Rocky Mountains and from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.

ATLANTIC COLONIES

France, Britain and The Netherlands had colonies on the Atlantic Coast

They all had portions of land with a capital for each

Dutch did not last very long

THE THIRTEEN COLONIES

British had The Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic coast

It was established between 1607 and 1733

Each colony developed its own system of self government

The colonies made up current states of the United States

NEW ENGLAND COLONIES

Province of New Hampshire, later New Hampshire

Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island

Connecticut Colony, later Connecticut

Province of Massachusetts Bay, later Massachusetts and Maine

MIDDLE COLONIES

Province of New York, later New York and Vermont

Province of New Jersey, later New Jersey

Province Pennsylvania, later Pennsylvania

Delaware Colony, later Delaware

SOUTHERN COLONIES

Province of Maryland, later Maryland, Colony and Dominion of Virginia, later

Virginia, Kentucky and West Virginia, Province of North Carolina, later North

Carolina and Tennessee, Province of South Carolina, later South

Carolina, Province of Georgia, later Georgia

COMPANY OF 100 ASSOCIATES

A French trading and colonization company created in 1627

They capitalized on the North American fur trade

They expanded French colonies there

COMPANY OF 100 ASSOCIATES

The company was granted a monopoly to manage the fur trade in the colonies of New France

At that time centered around the Saint Lawrence River valley and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

SEIGNEURIES

Was the semi-feudal system of land distribution used in the North American colonies of New France.

Introduced to New France in 1627 by Cardinal Richelie

SEIGNEURIES

Each piece of land belonged to the king of France

Each piece of land was maintained by the landlord, or seigneur

SEIGNEURIES

The seigneurial system was used because the St. Lawrence River was like the "Highway of New France”

Enabled settlers with land along the St. Lawrence to be successful

SEIGNEURIES

The seigneur divided the land further among his tenants

The tenants paid taxes to the seigneur The river provided water and

transportation The lands were arranged in long narrow

strips

JESUIT MISSIONS

Jesuit Missions started during the 17th century

The missions were established as part of the colonizing by France and Spain

The Jesuits established their first mission on Penobscot Bay

JESUIT MISSIONS

The second Jesuit Mission happened on October 25, 1604.

The Jesuit Father Pierre Coton requested the General of the Company Claudio Acquaviva to send two missionaries to Terre-Neuve

JESUIT MISSIONS

The two first Jesuits, Pierre Biard and Enemond Massé were able to leave for Port Royal in Acadia

The mission failed in 1613 after a raid by Virginians

JESUIT MISSIONS

The two first Jesuits, Pierre Biard and Enemond Massé were able to leave for Port Royal in Acadia

The mission failed in 1613 after a raid by Virginians

JESUIT MISSIONS

A third mission was built on Mount Desert Island in 1613.

On the fourth mission, the Jesuits made plans to move to the banks of the Saint-Laurent river.

The fouth mission was established in 1625

JESUIT MISSIONS

Fathers Charles Lalemant (as Superior), Enemond Massé, Jean de Brébeuf lead the fourth missions

This mission failed following the occupation of Québec by English forces in 1629

THE HURONS

The Huron were a group of canadian aboriginal people in the eastern woodlands farmers

What was unique about these people was that they were farmers and they had permanent villages

THE HURONS

The Huron were friends with the Algonquin and French and enimies with the Iroquios and British

They were fierce enemies of the Iroquois until the Huron were driven out and they split into two factions.

HURON DIVISION

Today the group that resides in Ontario are referred to as Huron.

The faction that resides in Kansas and Oklahoma are called Wyandot.

ROBERT LA SALLE

Robert de LaSalle (November 21, 1643 – March 19, 1687) was a French explorer

He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, the Mississippi River, and the Gulf of Mexico.

La Salle claimed the entire Mississippi River basin for France.

COUREUR DES BOIS

They were French-Canadian woodsmen, who travelled to the interior of North America to go in the fur trade

They did not have any permission from the French