Settlement and Colonization

Settlement and Colonization of North America

The Company of 100 AssociatesNations around the Atlantic CoastlineThe 13 ColoniesJesuit MissionsSeigneuriesCoureur de boisHuronsExplorersDes Groseilliers and Pierre Radisson

By: Lien, Anthony, Peter & Luke Nations Around Atlantic CoastlineWhen the Europeans arrived in 1492 they started to make colonies These nations included England, France, Spain and Portugal There were also native Indians including the Iroquois The English took control in the end destroying the French and subdued the natives

The Company of 100 AssociatesThey were a French trading company supported by the kingIt was chartered in 1627They were to support and expand the fur trade and New FranceThey also had a monopoly on fur trade in that region of North America

The Company of 100 AssociatesThey explored the land of North America for resourcesThey also set up trading posts and fishing ports along the Atlantic coastlineThey tried to create a settlement along the St. Lawrence River but failed because their leader lost monopoly on the area

The13 coloniesThey were largely farming and fishing groupsThey made much of their own clothes and grow most of their own foodAll these colonies didnt depend on other peoples and were self-sufficient They also used slaves

The 13 Colonies Rhode IslandConnecticutMaryland DelawareNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaNew JerseyPennsylvaniaGeorgiaVirginiaMassachusettsNew YorkNew Hampshire

Jesuit MissionsThe Jesuit missions started in 16th centuryIn 1604 the French explorer, Samuel de Champlain. He initiated the first two French involvements in north America, he founded Port royal near Florida in 1605 and the first establishment at Quebec in 1608

Jesuit Missions

The Jesuits established a mission on Penobscot bay in 1609 which was the French colony of Acadia

On October 25,1604 the Jesuit Pierre coton asked the general of the company to sent 2 missionaries to Terre-NeuveThe mission failed in 1613 because of a raid by people from Virginia

First mission 1609 Second Mission 1611

Jesuit Missions

The whole point of sending missionaries to native groups was to educate them in the ways of God Missions were sometimes abandoned because of French attacks on the villages Missionaries lived among the natives and taught them symbols and sign of the Catholic church (bells or candlelight)

HuronsHurons were one of the many Iroquois tribesTheir population at that time numbered around 25,000They grew cropsThey lived in bark houses that can hold 5-6 people

HuronsThe Hurons were mainly republicThey had assemblies that discuss major questions by chiefs They believed in one great spirit therefore similar to Christianity When the Europeans arrived they sent missionaries among the Hurons some of them converted to Christianity

SeigneuriesIn north America, a man who owned a large estate originally held by a feudal grant from the king of FranceThey had properties of land called seigneuries Basically the same as feudalism

Rich personCoureur des Bois They were people who went to north America without permission from the French government to engage in the fur tradeThey were usually good canoeists and were adventurers.Most were French but some were not and went there to make money

Des Groseilliers and Pierre RadissonDes Groseilliers and Pierre Radisson were two partners that moved to North AmericaThey moved farther inland than most peopleThey met people from Sioux and were told about all the beavers by Hudson bay When they came back to the colony their canoes were filled to the brim with pelts

Des Groseilliers and Pierre RadissonEven with how many furs they had, they were not welcomed backThey had gone off without getting a license to trade fur and had the furs taken away And so joined the English

Des Groseilliers and Pierre RadissonKing Charles II agreed to support them in their quest for furs They set sail on their ships but only Des Groseilliers made it to CanadaRadisson had to turn back because of bad storms but he joined him later onIn 1669, they returned to England with the fur they had collected.

Robert de Salle He was born in France in Nov 22, 1643He set sail on his ship Griffin to North America in August of 1679He was granted a seigneur when he arrived

Robert de Salle La Salle immediately began to issue land grants, set up a village and learns the languages of the native peoples.He heard from the Indians that there was Great River called the Ohio and he claimed the entire valley of Mississippi for FranceHe died when 2 men shot him in the back of the back of the head

Verendryes FamilyThey consisted of a father and three sonsThey came from a Quebec familyThere were the first to search for details on the rest of the continentThey extended the trade to ManitobaThey built eight trading posts

Richelieu He was consecrated as a bishop in 1608 and became a secretary of state He soon rose in both the Church and the French government and become an advisor to the king. He founded the Company of 100 associates He was the person who commissioned the Jesuit missions and introduced the seigneural system.

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