jun 23, 1608 - The First Trading Post
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Pierre DuGua de Mons, a founder of the earliest permanent French settlements in North America, sent Samuel de Champlain with a crew of twenty eight men across the Atlantic Ocean and down the St. Lawrence River to the now Canadian interior with the goal of setting up a trading post.1 At this time, four hats and clothing were becoming very popular and the French and English were battling for pelts with both sides looking to expand their territories so exploring into more northern uncharted areas proved to be a very copious decision. In the past "France only began to take a serious interest in permanent settlement in Canada in the late 16th and the early to middle 17th centuries"2 once the fur trade industry had begun. It was because of the mutually beneficial trading between the French and different indigenous groups that this as well as many other trading posts did very well for themselves which also helped to promote colonization through availability of trading jobs.
1. Cartier, Gwenaël. "City of Québec 1608-2008: 400 Years of Censuses." Canadian Social Trends, Summer, 2008, 62. http://cyber.usask.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.cyber.usask.ca/docview/224101156?accountid=14739.
2. Welton, Michael. "NEW FRANCE THROUGH THE LEARNING LENS." Canadian Issues (Spring, 2014): 58. http://cyber.usask.ca/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.cyber.usask.ca/docview/1665530897?accountid=14739.
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Important events leading up to the Canadian Confederation
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