HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pierre De Chauvin De Tonnetuit, Tadoussac, Mercantilism
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The first french expeditions began around the early 1500s not the early 1600s. 1604: ile saint crox: set up a colony during this year here, which turned out to be a disaster, winter weather turned out to be unfortunately, extremely harsh, many didn"t survive the winter of 1604 here. 1605: port royal: struggling to establish a french colony in north america; went from tadoussac, to ile. Saint crox to port royal: was small, but turned out to be more successful, winter weather turned out to be less harsh. Thursday september 20, 2018: crops are able to grow. By 1608, samuel was given another job to settle a new colony: 1608: quebec, compagnie de la nouvelle france, samuel sets up a new colony where cartier has temporarily lived back in the 1500s. Quebec was a french colony that was between an indigenous empire back at that time, where two indigenous groups were at war.
