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Louis XIV grants New France the status of a royal province and greatly increases the flow of colonists to north AmericaThe French build a trading station on the estuary of the Senegal river in west AfricaRival Dutch, English and French colonies are established in Guiana, the northeast coast of south AmericaA French privateer off the west coast of Ghana is the first to plunder a Portuguese vessel carrying home African goldCartier Goes Down the St Lawrence river and names MontrealJacques Cartier Is Sent To find A NorthWest Passage And fails to put a colony in North AmericaQuebec is founded by Samuel de Champlain as a centre for the French fur tradeThe Jesuits establish a mission at Sault Sainte Marie which becomes the starting point for French exploration south of the Great LakesRobert de La Salle makes his first exploration of the Ohio valley, providing the basis for France's later claim to the areaRobert de la Salle travels down the Mississippi to its mouth and claims the entire region for France, naming it Louisiana
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