1. Starting a French Colony

2. Samuel de Champlain
French explorer, and soldier best known for establishing and governing the settlements of New France and the city of Quebec.
1604 Pierre Du Gua de Monts and Champlain were appointed by the French King Henry IV to set up trade posts and start a French colony in North America

3. King Henry IV of France and Pierre Du Gua de Monts

4. French Monopoly
King Henry IV gave de Monts a monopoly in the fur trade in return for establishing a French colony
The right to carry on all business related to a certain goods or service
No other French businesses were allowed to trade furs with First Nations
Could charge whatever price he wanted

5. Champlain
Built a habitation called Quebec in in the Stadacona area
towering cliffs provided a natural fort

6. Habitation of Quebec The community includes: Warehouse Storerooms
A building for munitions
A garden
A pigeon loft
Several residences
A smithy
A drawbridge surrounded by a moat

7. Creating Allies
Champlain needed a dependable source of furs and protection so he could make a profit
SO, Champlain allied with the Algonquin and Montagnais
They promised to trade only with the French
Threat of English establishing trade farther south
In turn, the French would help the Algonquin fight the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)

8. Creating Alliances
This alliance between the French and the Algonquians destroyed any chance of friendly relations between the French and the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
1609 Champlain joined a raid against the Haudenosaunee
- The arquebus (French firearm) helped to win several battles

10. The Wendat (Huron)
Five First Nations with territories along the southern shore of what is now Georgian Bay in Lake Huron
Prosperous soil for farming
Lake full of fish
Great traders
Becomes enemies of the Haudenosaunee

11. Creating Better Allies
Champlain also allied with the Wendat
Wanted to trade with them because:
gain access to furs from peoples living deep in the interior of the continent
Had lots of resources to trade
The Wendat would help them fight the Haudenosaunee

12. Why Even Have fur Trade?
Hats made from beaver fur (castor gras d’hiver) were the fashion rage in Europe
North America was the best place to find them

13. Quebec Habitation in Trouble
Champlain’s business partners thought it was too expensive to expand the colony
Christian missionaries trying to convert First Nations hurt relations with Wendat and Algonquin
English attacked in 1629
Algonquins refused to help the French
Champlain taken prisoner

14. Starting New
Louis XIII's chief minister, Cardinal de Richelieu, formed the Company of 100 Associates to rule New France
Champlain returned to Quebec as lieutenant Governor of the colony of New France

15. New France: Quebec

16. Colonialism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.