Events
Jacques Cartier
first explores
the St. LawrenceFrançois Gravé Du Pont
founds TadoussacSamuel de Champlain
founds Quebec CityRécollet friars are
first transported to
New FranceQuebec City is temporarily
captured by the BritishFrench Jesuits arrive
back in New France
and begin conversion
missions with the HuronA plague of smallpox
annihilates the HuronThe Huron civilization
collapsesThe Filles du Roi
program beginsJean Talon is
appointed first
intendent of
New FranceThe Company
of One Hundred
Associates is
dissolvedFrench claims over North
America are extended
south to modern LouisianaQueen Anne's War
beginsGreat Peace of Montreal
signed between the French
and the IroquoisAcadia is ceded to BritainLouisbourg is foundedNew Orleans is founded
in far southern New FranceHalifax is foundedMass Deportation
of Acadians by the
occupying BritishSeven Years' War begins
between Britain and FranceGeorge Washington pushed
back by French in the Ohio
ValleyBritish attack Fort Carillon,
where they are defeatedAfter months of siege, the
French meet the British in
open battle, which they
lose badlyTreaty of Paris signed and
North American New France signed away
to BritainThe Carignan-Salières
Regiment, an elite
French military unit, is
used against the IroquoisChemin du Roy
inauguratedMontreal surrenders
to the British invadersSamuel de Champlain
founds Port-Royal in
AcadiaChamplain kills two
Iroquois chieftans
while helping his
new native alliesCompany of One
Hundred Associates
foundedRécollets and
Jesuits in New France
are forced to return
to EuropeChristopher Colombus
first sets foot in the New
World
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