France was a
massive superpower or Europe and the entire world, they possessed a lot of land
and controlled huge portions of the new world.
Throughout
the many conflicts, and advancements of Europe, and as they advanced, many the
new world was colonized. In our history class, we learned a lot about the
colonization of the new world, by Spain and England. But France also controlled
a lot of land, possible more so then Britain.
It was named
New France. And its territory stretched from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. New
France was bordered by the thirteen colonies and Spain’s North American land.
The early
exploration began in 1523, when Giovanni da Verrazzano convinced the king to
allow and expedition to the new world. With his discoveries, he allowed a
passageway for France’s empire to extend to the new world.
New France
was divided into five colonies with separate administrators, similar to royal governors
system. Canada, Acadia, Hudson Bay, Newfoundland and Louisiana.
New France’s
colonies prospered by fishing, farming and fur trading.
Eventually,
this land became settled and was littered with garrisons and fortresses. The might
of France was truly strengthened but these additions.
Quebec city,
and internationally known name was also created in the time of New France’s
colonization. Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons and Samuel de Champlain founded the
city of Quebec with 28 men. With just this few amount of men, Quebec was
raised.
It is hard
to imagine so many well-known colonies, like Boston and Quebec created and
built with just a handful of people, slowly accumulating over the course of
decades.
The history
of New France is important to our history class, because France was noted as a
powerful country, and deemed worthy of the name superpower. We learned a lot
about the thirteen colonies, and the South American Spanish colonies. We also
just recently started learning about the French Indian war, so it new France
connects to our studies of the evolution of America.
Information
and pictures found on Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France
Great post. A few minor spelling mistakes and wording was off and words were in wrong places but besides that the topic was great and well written. Sadly the pictures didn't work but you cant be blamed for that. Also the paragraphs were a little small and not enough words but it was easy to read. Overall great post!
ReplyDeleteThis is very interesting, this connects to what we did earlier in the year with the black legend, same principle of English colonies seeming more prominent to us now, but this time it's France instead of Spain. Great work.
ReplyDeleteGood job! I really like how easy it is to read, it really helps the audience. Also, i enjoyed reading your connections to what we learned about earlier this year and how it has changed over the centuries. I do suggest you proof read before you post though!
ReplyDelete(Charlie Decker on his mother's account) Great Post. Like Colson said, this connected to the black legend with France this time. I do suggest proof reading. Overall, Good Work.
ReplyDeleteGood post, and interesting because you never hear much about the French after the French and Indian War. Good conveying of change throughout.
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