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Northwest Passage

Shortcut by water across North America to Asia

France Part 2: in America

French Settlements Grow

  • Jacques Cartier (France) Canada looking for passage
  • no shortcut but claimed land for France
  • thought he found gold and silver-sent back to France
  • NEW FRANCE grew slowly
  • 1660's only few thousand
  • some to farm and raise kids
  • others for FUR
  • French Missionaries-Christianity
  • Iroquois- dangerous enemy
  • Explorer and businessman-Samuel de Champlain-formed first French trading post/settlement
  • in today's Quebec
  • trade with Natives-Huron people
  • expanded the trade
  • went up river with beads, knives, and metal pots to trade for FUR
  • Great Lakes!!!

King Louis XIV took over

  • soldiers to deal with Iroquois
  • Once peace, sent families to NEW FRANCE
  • France Exploration increase
  • Robert de La Salle-led his men and Natives to mouth of Mississippi River!-claimed alot of land for France
  • "Louisiana for KING LOUIEY!
  • Today's New Orleans

Here Come the Dutch

  • Netherlands another powerful country in Europe
  • Dutch looking for Northwest Passage too
  • Henry Hudson to look for route
  • found a river!! today's Hudson River
  • entered river near New York City
  • Sailed North 150 miles
  • shallow water=had to turn back
  • no route=but rich fur-trading area
  • NEW NETHERLAND
  • New Amsterdam-most important
  • Manhattan-big trading center

French Traders & Settlers

  • Cartier=fooled!! No gold just rocks
  • France gave up
  • 20 years later started a settlement in Florida but Spanish destroyed it
  • threw in the towel-not settling North America

Life in New Netherland

  • based on commerce: the business of buying and selling

Life in New Netherland-Continued

  • Population growing
  • Germany, Sweden, and Denmark
  • 18 languages

Powerful Iroquois

  • North=friends, wanted furs
  • South=enemy, wanted to take over land
  • Fur trade, farmed, crafts people-made tools and furniture
  • some hunted whales

France Part 2: in America

  • Still wanted resources from N.A.
  • fished in N.A. Waters
  • Tough outdoorsmen went to buy valuable fur
  • Beaver & other fur worth $$ in Europe for hats

Lesson 4: The French and Dutch in North America

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