French Colonies ofNorth America

Michael Huey

Chapter 5: Canada and Iroquoia• Explorers from England, France, and other Europeon countries sailed

across the Atlantic Ocean to find economic prosperity.• Trade with Native Iroquois, a tribe that survived as Hunter-Gatherers;

Natives became more dependent on European goods.• French colonies establishing central trading post at the mouth of the St.

Lawrence River.• Allied selves with new native tribes: the Algonquians

Chapter 5: Canada and Iroquoia• Establishment of the fur trade attracted the Native Americans and regular

consumers.• Fur trade also invited other European colonies to trade with natives,

which would lead to an increase in competition.• French, who later moved fur trade more north, established good

relationships with natives, including the Huron, Montagnais, and the Algonkin tribes.

Chapter 5: Canada and Iroquoia• Establishing good trade partners with natives was not without making a

few enemies in the process.• Introduction of firearms to the natives dramatically changed Native

American military tactics.• France Colonies and their allies in the north fought against the southern

tribes, including the Iroqouis.

Chapter 5: Canada and Iroquoia• In addition to economic purposes, the French also saw colonization in

North America as an opportunity to spread the Christian faith.• These people were known as the Jesuits.• Some of the French Colonists made Native American conversion their

solitary mission.• By the 17th century, the French colonies, and trade was endangered by

intensifying warfare from the Iroquois

Chapter 16: French America• The French monarchy sent emigrants to North America.• French people seek to emigrate from the poor rural life, but new French

policies would limit people from settling in North America.• Emigrants who did come to America from France were given jobs as

soldiers, merchants, or people to help spread religion.

Chapter 16: French America• French colonizes established in the United States as south as Louisiana.• 80 percent of the French Colonists were farmers.• On these farms, the male and female roles intertwined as both assumed

equally demanding work.• Different policies from British colonies in terms of marriage, childbearing,

and welfare.

Chapter 16: French America• Significant French colony set up in the Louisiana territory.• Original control of the France Louisiana belonged to French General-

turned emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte.• To pay expenses for his wars, Napoleon decided to sell the territory,

which would eventually end up as part of a large purchase by the United States.

Chapter 16: French America• Tribes along the Gulf Cost and Mississippi of Louisiana consisted of small

tribes.• Tribes included the Ouacha, Mongoulacha, Tohome, Atakapa, and many

more.• Native Americans were more critical to France and English colonies than

originally thought.