HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Rench, Coutume, Mercantilism
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Additional- french colonial society 17 and 18th century. April 1734 town of montreal burned to the ground fire believed to have started by one of his slaves. She fell in love with a french canadian and planned to flee new france with him to england. She was found guilty of setting the fire and sentenced to death and then she was hung and her corpse was burned. Cartier"s voyages to north america brought europeans for the first time to st. Europeans had little knowledge of this place and they perished because of the harsh weather and no solutions from them. Stayed in a iroquoian village in stadcona and then went to. Cartier came back for one last visit in 1542/3- he kidnapped a few people. Those indigenous peoples almost died instantly after reaching europe. last visit in 1542/3- he kidnapped a few people. Those indigenous peoples almost died instantly after reaching europe.
