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Aug 29, 1500
First Occupants
Two main groups of first occupants known to the European are the Iroquois and the Algonquins.
-Iroquois are semi-sedentary, farmers, live in the South, hence the farming.
-Algonquins are nomatic, they hunt, live in tents or tippys, live in the North, hence the reason for hunting. -
Period: Aug 29, 1500 to
Population and Settlement
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Sep 16, 1534
Jacques Cartier's First Voyage
Leaves France to go find 3 main things:
-A route to Asia.
-To find precious metals and gold.
-To get new land for France. -Explores and maps out the Gulf of St-Lawrence, reported what he thought was gold but lots of fish, timber, and furs. -
Sep 16, 1535
Jacques Cartier's Second Voyage
Sailed up the St-Lawrence, reached stadacona (Quebec). -
Sep 16, 1541
Jacques Cartier's Third Voyage
Attempts to set up a colony, but isnt successful. -
Sep 16, 1541
Converting The Natives
The missionairies make an attempt to convert the natives to Christianity. -
Samuel de Champlain's First Voyage (Port Royal)
The king sent Samuel de Champlain on a voyage in 1605, in order to establish a settlement in Nova Scotia called the Port Royal.
The Port Royal fails because of it's location (Nova Scotia). -
French Regime
The regime starts in 1608 and ends in 1760.
The seigneurial system is put in place as a factor in the settlement and occupation of the territory. -
Samuel de Champlain Second Voyage
Champlain returned for a year to establish a trading post near Stadacona (Quebec).
The trading post is where the river narrows, which would be called New France. -
The King of France Mandates To Populate The Colony
In 1627, the Kind of France mandated the Company of One Hundred Associates to populate the colony.
The company attracted several hundred colonists. -
Samuel de Champlain Third Voyage
Champlain put Sieur de Laviolette in charge of finding a second settlement.
Trois-Rivières allowed furriers to communicate with each others.
Trois-Rivières= trade(rivers) -
Founding of Ville-Marie
Paul Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, founded Ville-Marie in 1642.
Ville-Marie now known as Montreal. -
Filles du Roi
Jean-Talon brings in protestant orphan girls off the street of France, in order to finally have a decent amount of women in the colony.
They were quickly married after their arrival, so that reproduction can happen to increase the population of New France.
Not only did the Filles du roi arrive, but so did soldiers and indentured servants. -
Signing Of The Great Peace Of Montreal
The war between the French and the Iroquois ends in 1701 with the signing of the Great Peace of Montreal. -
Fertility Rate Increase
Since the arrival of the Filles du roi the fertility rate in New France increased, which means population increase which was the initial goal. -
British Regime
The British Regime starts in 1760-1867.
Increase of British immigrants, the British then settle in the Province of Quebec. -
British Immigration
British immigration starts in 1763 and ends in 1783.
It begins with the arrival of British merchants in cities. -
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 is signed after the end of the Seven Year War.
The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire.
Also to stabilize relations with Natives through regulation of trade, settlement, and land purchases. -
The Loyalists
During the American Revolution, many of thousands of Loyalists left the United States, to settle in a British territory.
Two thousand Loyalists settle in Quebec. -
Irish Immigration
Waves of Irish immigration occur due to the Irish Potato Famine. -
Emigration To The United States And To The West
The population went to the city, because all the factories were in the city and factories mean more job opportunities.
Since the working conditions were awful and it was disgusting, dirty and overpopulated.
