1. NEW FRANCE

2. Territorial Claims
Map by Pinpin

3. Areas of Settlement
Map by Magicpiano

4. FEW COLONISTS
Map by Magicpiano

5. The Fur Trade
Photo by Alex "Skud" Bayley

6. Depiction of the 1763 Siege of Fort Detroit by Frederic Remington

7. Allies

8. Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham (1845)

9. Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham (1845)

10. Fur Traders Descending the Missouri
George Caleb Bingham (1845)
French Trader, Half-Breed Son (Original Title)

11. Father Marquette and the Indians
French Jesuits
Father Marquette and the Indians
Wilhelm Lamprecht ( )

12. “Lead me, Follow me, or get out of my way!”

13. Canada, Great Lakes, “Louisiana” French Colonization of the Americas
Graphic Organizer
FRENCH
REGION(S) COLONIZED
RELIGION
INTERESTED PARTIES
PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
SETTLEMENTS
NUMBER OF COLONISTS
EVANGELISM?
ADVICE TO
THE NATIVES
Canada, Great Lakes, “Louisiana”
Catholic
1. Fur Traders
2. Priests
Fur Trade
Trading Posts
FEW
French Colonization of the Americas
YES
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14. Canada, Great Lakes, “Louisiana”
SPANISH
FRENCH
Mexico, California, Southwest US, Florida
Comparing the
French
and the Spanish
Canada, Great Lakes, “Louisiana”
Catholic
Catholic
1. Fur Traders
2. Priests
1. Conquistadors
2. Priests
Conquest
Labor
(Encomienda)
Fur Trade
Missions
Trading Posts
FEW
What similarities and differences do you see?
FEW
YES
YES
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15. Graphic Organizer Spanish BOTH French Conquest/Labor Missions
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Evangelism
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