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2. The Northwest Passage French America
A potential route from Europe to Asia, going north and west around America
Doesn’t actually exist, except for an icy route in arctic Canada
Most European nations will attempt to find it, including England, the Netherlands, and France

3. Giovanni da Verrazano French America Italian who sailed for France.
Explored the coast of North America from South Carolina to Newfoundland in 1524.
Eaten by Caribbean cannibals.

4. Jacques Cartier French America
Discovered and explored the St. Lawrence River.
Claimed the area for France.

5. Samuel de Champlain French America “Father of New France”
First settlement in 1604 on St. Croix Island, Maine (failed)
Helps start settlements of Quebec and Montreal
Made friends and allies with local Huron and Algonquin Indians

6. French America Marquette & Joliet Robert de la Salle
Traveled entire Mississippi River and named area Louisiana for King Louis XIV
Explored the Great Lakes and Mississippi River in 1673

7. French Colonies French America CANADA ACADIA LOUISIANA
Also, Caribbean Islands of Saint Martin, Martinique, Guadeloupe, and Saint-Domingue (now Haiti)

8. French Colonies French America CANADA Modern day Quebec, Ontario,
Vermont, and New York
Along the St. Lawrence River
Settlements: Quebec, Montreal

10. French Colonies French America Acadia
Modern day Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Maine
Along the Atlantic Coast
Settlements: Port Royale, Louisbourg

12. French Colonies French America Louisiana
All the area that drains into the
Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers
Settlements: New Orleans, St. Louis

14. French Colonial Life French America
The French make most of their money trading for furs with the Indians. The most valuable were beaver pelts

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- French explorers and trappers explore and claim land around river valleys and the Great Lakes

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-The French built outposts and forts throughout their colonies in North America for trading, communication, and defense.

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19. People of New France French America
1. Coureurs de bois (“runners of the woods”): Men who traded with the Indians for furs, or trapped animals themselves

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2. Voyageur: Men who worked for fur trading companies and transported furs by canoe

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3. Habitant: farmers who lived in the St. Lawrence valley, usually growing wheat and raising pigs

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4. Filles du Roi (“daughters of the King”): women, usually poor orphans, who were sent to New France to marry and start families.

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5. Soldiers: Sent by the King to defend New France from the English, Iroquois, etc.

24. Food of New France French America
Tended to be hearty, filling, and simple
Lots of pork and locally available ingredients.
Ate wheat bread, not corn bread
Major holidays were religious, especially Christmas.
A huge feast (“Reveillon”) held right after Midnight Mass on Christmas
Pea Soup with ham
Ragout de pattes de cochon (Pig’s feet stew)

25. Salmon Pie
Tourtiere (Pork Pie)
Tire sur la neige (sugar on snow)
Cretons (or, gortin) – Pork spread

26. States once part of the French Empire
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States once part of the French Empire
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, Kansas, Wyoming, Colorado, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri