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1603-1607
1603-1607
De Monts, Poutrincourt, and Champlain established a French settlement on Ste. Croix Island and then in Port Royal between 1603 and 1607 -
1610
1610
Poutrincourt returned to Acdia in 1610, with Father Fleche, Claude de La Tour, and his son Charles. -
1611
1611 - More colonists arrived at Port Royal in 1611, along ith Father Masse. -
1613
1613
As a result, Acadia was claimed by the Englih. For the next 150 years the English and French fought each other over control of Acadia. -
1627
1627
The St. Lawrence area proved to be a very successful fur trading area; the fur trade grew in large profits were made. -
1628
1628
William Alexander attempted to estabish Scottish settlement at Port Royal in Acadia in 1628, calling it New Scotland (Nova Scotia) -
1628 - 1632
1628 - 1632
English ships regularly attacked French ships between 1628 and 1632; the English occupied the St. Lawrence area. -
1629
1629
The Kirke brothers, fighting for England, attacked Quebec and forced Champlain to surrender in 1629. -
1632 - 1633
1632 - 1633
Acadia was officially returned to the French in 1632 as part of a peace settlement at the end of the war fought in Europe between France and England. -
1633
1633
Port Royal became popular area settlement in 1633, as did Quebec -
1634
1634
Trois Rivieres was founded the following year , 1634. -
1642
1642
Ville-Marie (Montreal) was founded in 1642. -
1645
1645
The Company of Habitants took over the monopoly of the fur trade in New France in 1645. -
1654
1654
The English attacked Port Royal again in 1654 and captured all French settlements around the Boy of Fundy. -
1655
1655
The Treaty of Westminster returned French forts in Acadia to French in 1655 -
1663
1663
n 1663 the French government took over the control of New France and established royal government.