FRENCH COLONIES OF NORTH AMERICA

By: Kasandra Bartels

History 140

CHAPTER 5 : CANADA AND IROQUOIA

The invention of firearms

advanced the Indian Warfare,

the Indians involved

themselves in hit-and-run raids

and ducked behind trees to

hide from bullets. For the price

of trade, the Indians got their

hands on weapons in order to

fight back.

CHAPTER 5 : CANADA AND IROQUOIA

At this time, the French

depended on the hostility of

the Iroquois to build a barrier

to keep the northern Indians

from traveling south to trade

with the Dutch. The French

realized that they could not

properly trade with the Dutch.

CHAPTER 5 : CANADA AND IROQUOIA

The Indians had better

quality goods then the

French. Their furs were

handcrafted. The Indians

were also very peaceful

people, making them

preferred clients and

customers of the Dutch.

The Iroquois and French

depended on each other

during most of the 17th

Century.

CHAPTER 5 : CANADA AND IROQUOIA

The 17th Century Europeans

thought the non-Europeans to be

socially and culturally inferior. The

Europeans did not have no biological

concept of race, meaning they did

not believe that fair-skinned people

were superior to people of other

color. Europeans ranked their people

in terms of social rank rather than

skin color. Peasants and laborers

were no better than the Indians.

CHAPTER 16: FRENCH AMERICA

During the 1600’s, less

than 250 families

immigrated, 12% being

women. In 1627, there were

only 85 colonists in Quebec.

The French combined their

two pieces of land, Canada

and Louisiana using the

river for trading posts.

CHAPTER 16: FRENCH AMERICA

Hernando de Soto and his men

started on a journey near Tampa

Bay. They ended up in present

day Arkansas two years later.

This was considered an epic fail,

leaving no permanent

settlements, spreading diseases,

and left a legacy of destruction,

death and udder

disappointment.

CHAPTER 16: FRENCH AMERICA

Almost 130 years after de

Soto’s disappointment,

Europeans returned to

Arkansas. During this time,

Spanish ruled Mexico, the

French controlled Canada, and

the English were colonizing

parts of Virginia and New

England.

CHAPTER 16: FRENCH AMERICA

In 1673, two French guys,

Jacques Marquette and Louis

Joliet planned a journey down

the Mississippi River in hopes

of finding gold. The Indians

gave them a calumet, which is

considered a passport for

travel along the river.