New France
Who was Jacques Cartier?
The first French explorer
What name did Giovanni Caboto give himself, to sound more English?
John Cabot
Why did the King send Bishops and other church people to North America?
To convert the Indigenous to Catholic Christianity.
How the Indigenous and French connected over beavers
FUR TRADE
which two countries competed to own the most land in North America?
Why would French colonists want to be allies with the Indigenous?
-knowledge of land
-knowledge of resources
-survival skills (navigation, food, shelter)
What did John Cabot's exploration give to England?
Inspiration to do more travel to the New World
Information about the New World
What is a missionary?
A person whose job is to convert other people to their religion.
Adventurous, curious people who were willing to leave their comfortable lives and go to a new world on a ship.
Explorers
What was Indigenous trade like before the Europeans came?
They built friendship and trust
They made it fair
They brought gifts
Who was Samuel de Champlain and what did he do?
He was a French explorer.
He settled New France.
Where did the Hudson's Bay Company hunt for animal furs?
Rupert's Island
How did the French communicate with the Indigenous if they spoke different languages?
Hand gestures and signs.
Controlling other lands and peoples.
IMPERIALISM
What are two kinds of power the Europeans had over the First Nations?
1. Money
2. Guns
What is a courieur de bois?
A fur trader who worked for themselves.
Name one British monarch (king or queen) who sent explorers to the New World.
Elizabeth 1st
James 1st
James 2nd
What are two challenges the French explorers faced in the New World?
Harsh weather
Long ship voyage
No survival skills for the forests
A powerful country controlling other territories.
Empire
What are four ways Imperialism disrupted the ways of the Indigenous?
1. Their religion
2. Their traditions
3. Their government
4. Their relationships
Explain the Seigneurial System.
The farmers have a strip of land and grow food.
They give 10 percent to the Lord (Seigneur).
The Lord gives a percent of the profits to the King.
The King gets rich and the farmer does all the work.
Where are the 13 colonies located?
Northeast United States
What is a voyageur?
A person who was good at navigating the forest and water, and delivered furs to different places. They worked for a company.
Using the triangle of trade, the mother country got all the gold. What is this called?
mercantilism
What is the main difference between how the French interacted with the Indigenous and how the British interacted?
The French lived among them and learned from them.
The British came, made money, and left.