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	New France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
		The government of the colony was reformed along the lines of the government of France, with the Governor General and Intendant subordinate to the Minister of the Marine in France.
		The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon, in the winter of 1665-1666.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_France (2391 words)

	A SHORT HISTORY OF NEW FRANCE
		France's earliest thrust to claim some of the new world for itself is in the Spring of 1534, when Francis I sends a French sailor, Jacques Cartier, from St-Malo in Brittany on April 20, with sixty-one men.
		The expedition is sponsored financially by Henry IV and the Sieur de Monts, the governor of Pons in the Saintonge region of France.
		France demands from England the return of New France and Acadia, a demand that is finally acknowledged by the Treaty of St-Germain-en-Laye in 1632.
	gapellet.brinkster.net /history.htm (4539 words)

	Canada, An Early History, Part Three (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		For New France the early 18th century was a period of steady growth.
		There he found a new region for the French fur trade and also cut into the English trade in the area of Hudson Bay and the Hayes River.The expansion of New France in these years was challenged, however, by the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession in Europe in 1740.
		New France, on the other hand, was economically weak, dependent on France for trade and defense, and strategically vulnerable with but two seaward outlets to its continental empire, New Orleans and Quebec.
	www.history-world.org /canada2.htm (1362 words)

	A Century of New France: 1663-1763 - Canadian Heritage
		New France yet spread out along the St. Lawrence to the Great Lakes and the northwest beyond; and was linked as well with the new wilderness French realm to be known as Louisiana, that fronted south on the Gulf of Mexico but reached up the Mississippi and Ohio to the Great Lakes country.
		By 1745, the settled population of New France along the St. Lawrence had risen to about 45,000, of whom 4,600 living in the capital and port town of Quebec, and 3 500 in Montreal, the fur-trade headquarters and gateway to the interior.
		The new governor of Nova Scotia, Colonel Charles Lawrence, was central to this drastic decision.
	www.canadianheritage.org /books/canada3.htm (10862 words)

	NYNY 1695-1699
		New York governor Benjamin Fletcher grants a petition by Church of England congregants on Manhattan to build a church (the first, downtown Trinity Church), between the "Kings Garden and the burying Place" at Wall Street..
		New York's board of alderman require every seventh home to hang a lantern out at night, the cost to be borne by all seven households.
		New York Royal governor Benjamin Fletcher, recalled to England, donates his family pew in Trinity Church back to the church, to be used for any person of quality needing a pew at any time.
	home.eznet.net /~dminor/NYNY1695.html (960 words)

	New France: Historical Background in Brief
		As organized, it was to own and exploit the vast regions of New France with a perpetual monopoly on the fur trade and a monopoly on all other trades for fifteen years.
		France agreed to cede Canada to Britain, opting instead to keep the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe because of its rich sugar crops and the ease with which it could be controlled as compared to Canada, a less profitable and underpopulated colony.
		In fact, France was at the time showing various symptoms of social discontent that should have justified a larger number of refugees fleeing to Canada, whose abundance of resources contrasted with the famine and unemployment among the poorest classes.
	www.delmars.com /family/newfrance.htm (2437 words)

	Governor of New France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Governor of New France was the viceroy of the King of France in North America.
		The residence of the Governor was at the Château St-Louis in the capital of Quebec City.
		With the new royal administration of 1663, the title of Governor General was given to the person responsible for the military and diplomatic relations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Governor_of_New_France (247 words)

	Unique Facts about Canada: New France
		In 1627 Richelieu founded the Company of One Hundred Associates to invest in New France, promising land parcels to hundreds of new settlers and to turn Québec into an important mercantile and population colony.
		These years of peace are often referred to by the French as New France's "Golden Age" but the aboriginal peoples regarded it as the continued decimation of their nations.
		New France now had over 50,000 inhabitants, a vast increase from earlier in the century, but the British American colonies greatly outnumbered them with over one million people (including a substantial number of French Huguenots).
	www.sheppardsoftware.com /canadaweb/factfile/Unique-facts-Canada3.htm (1943 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Louis-Hector de Callieres
		He came to Canada in 1684, and was appointed Governor of Montreal at the demand of the Sulpicians who were Seigneurs of the island.
		The situation of the colony at that time was most critical, owing to Frontenac's departure, the weakness of Governor de la Barre, and the woeful error of the French government in sending to the galleys in France some Iroquois chiefs captured at Cataracoui (Kingston).
		In 1689 Callières proposed to Louis XIV to invade New England by land and sea, and obtained the reappointment of Frontenac as governor.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03183a.htm (292 words)

	Student Explorer Reports
		He returned to the New World and was voted governor of New France from 1633 until he died.
		He returned to the New World and was governor of New France from 1633 until his death in 1635.
		Peter Minuit was born in Wasel, Germany in the year of 1580, and later moved to the Netherlands as a young man. In 1626, he became the governor and director general of the Netherlands, and the Dutch Colony in North America.
	www.kent.k12.wa.us /KSD/MS/student/Explorers.html (2841 words)

	Cavelier de La Salle
		La Salle was born and educated in France, and under the aegis of the church had taught until 1666.
		In 1673, La Salle was appointed by Frontenac, the Governor of New France, to supervise the building of Fort Frontenac, which occupied the site of present-day Kingston.
		In 1682 he reached his goal, and was made governor of this new territory of "Louisiana" by the French Government.
	sio.midco.net /dansmapstamps/lasalle1.htm (422 words)

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		Champlain is appointed Lieutenant Governor of the colony and the Jesuits arrive to assist the missionaires.
		The "Community of the Habitants of New France" was formed to take over the fur trade business and have more control of their economy.
		New France becomes a "royal province of France under the absolute rule of the King".
	www.angelfire.com /realm/onearth/Timeline1600s.html (2476 words)

	NEW FRANCE 1660 - 1663
		The population of New France is two thousand, five hundred, of whom eight hundred are in Fort Quebec.
		September 18: The Conseil Souverain (Sovereign Council) of New France is established, consisting of the Royal Governor, Bishop and five councilors.
		Kebec, New France marriage (I)-Louis Garnaud aka Garnault and Guerineau, is born 1634, La Grimaudiere, Vienne, France, died April 2, 1698, L'Ange Gardien, New France, son of Pierre Garnault and Jeanne Barault (Barrault) of Grimaudiere, Leveche De (Vienne) Poitiers, Anjou, France.
	www.agt.net /public/dgarneau/french18.htm (3059 words)

	Governors of Canada (1608-1867)
		Governors of Canada This is the prequel in a three part series on the Governor Generals of Canada.
		Vaudreuil was know across New France as he had defeated the mission of Phils against Quebec and had received the St Louis Cross.
		Moncalm refused to obey to the Governor and the colony was lost by 1760 (its hard to win when two leaders are against themselves).
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/life_in_canada/46003/1 (702 words)

	Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In 1663, Louis XIV took back control of France's activities in North America by making New France a province in its own right, modelled on those of the home country, complete with a Governor, Intendant and Sovereign Council.
		There were two particular governors in Montréal and Trois-Rivières, and three law courts, which had the seigneurial courts under their jurisdiction, as well as a chief road officer.
		In principle, the Governor of Acadia was subordinate to the Governor of Québec; in fact, he was independent and answered directly to the home country.
	www.champlain2004.org /html/administration.html (231 words)

	Lalonde Family Web Site - The Governors of New France
		The following is an interpretation of the events in New France during the period from 1672 to 1710 and how the Lalondes were affected.
		He was a strong governor and kept the Indians as allies and kept the peace.
		This led in 1687 to the Indian raids on New France.
	web.uvic.ca /psyc/lalonde/history/govt.html (631 words)

	NEW FRANCE: 1524-1763
		This treaty allows the development of new parishes and villages on the island of Montréal.
		New France is now strategically surrounded by British territories.
		New France is then an enormous empire that goes from Hudson Bay to the Mexican Gulf (through all the american midwest), and from Acadie to the Rockies.
	www.republiquelibre.org /cousture/NVFR2.HTM (2476 words)

	Heroes of New France
		New France was a large part of North America during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
		The roots and culture of the French communities were the backbone of New France.
		In fact, it was Frontenac that got the Governor's title to change from Governor to Governor General because he served in the king's army before he was appointed the Governor of New France.
	chr.hdsb.ca /grassroots2004/canadianheroes/homepage.htm (446 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Louis de Buade, Count of Frontenac (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		(1622-1698) Governor of New France, born Paris, France; died Quebec, Canada.
		Having acquired a brilliant reputation on the European battlefields he was sent to New France in 1672, and promoted the discoveries of Joliet and La Salle, but his haughtiness caused him to be recalled in 1682.
		His successor, Denonville, was a failure and when the colony was threatened with disaster, Frontenac was sent back in 1689 to face the English and their Iroquois allies, which he did with complete success.
	www.catholic-forum.com /Saints/ncd03418.htm (100 words)

	The History of Canada and Canadians -The Father of New France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was at Quebec, at the foot of a great rocky cape on the north shore, which formed a natural fortress barring the way upstream to the interior.
		Peace, however, had been declared between England and France before the surrender, and New France was accordingly restored to the French.
		He became governor of New France in 1633.
	www.linksnorth.com /canada-history/thefather.html (293 words)

	Goveror Of Acadie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He made his cousin, Isaac de Razilly, lieutenant governor of all of New France and governor of Acadie.
		Razilly made his name, and some money, as a naval hero and was a shareholder in the Company of New France.
		Coincidentally, Razilly was wrangling with New Englanders at the same time, and told them that they could trade no further north than the mouth of the Kennebec River, near today's Portland, Maine.
	www.doucetfamily.org /heritage/Razilly.htm (851 words)

	AllRefer.com - Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Pierre de Rigaud, marquis de (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		In 1755 he became governor of New France.
		During the last of the French and Indian Wars, Vaudreuil sought to discredit General Montcalm with the home government and to hamper his conduct of military affairs.
		After Vaudreuil's surrender of all Canada to the British in 1760, he was charged with maladministration, tried in France, and acquitted.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/V/Vaudreui.html (258 words)

	Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1698-1778), was a Canadian-born governor of Louisiana and governor general of New France.
		Born at Quebec on Nov. 22, 1698, Pierre François de Vaudreuil was the son of Philippe de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, the governor general of New France.
		When he was recalled to France in 1753 before taking up the appointment that he had long desired--that of governor general of New France--Louisiana was secure and prosperous.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/marquis-de-vaudreuil-cavagnal (543 words)

	Jean de Lauzon
		LAUZON, Jean de, governor of New France, born in France in 1582.
		In 1642 he was engaged in furthering the restoration of Quebec to France, and he subsequently procured the cession of Montreal to M. de la Dauversiere.
		In 1651 ire became the fourth governor of New France, continuing in office for five years.
	www.famousamericans.net /jeandelauzon (326 words)

	hist1016
		Another factor was that New Mexico was needed as a defensive zone against hostile Indian attacks.
		After peace was reestablished, the governor moved his troops on to Santa Fe.
		By the 1700's, the total population of the Pueblo Indians in New Mexico which once numbered between 40,000 to 50,000, had dwindled to 17,000 due to disease, starvation, fights with neighboring tribes, and battles with the Spanish.
	nativenewsonline.org /history/hist1016a.html (933 words)

	Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the W, by William Bennett Munro (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Crusaders of New France A Chronicle of the Fleur-de-Lis in the W, by William Bennett Munro
		On arrival in France the affairs of the company were wound up, and De Monts found himself a heavy loser. He was not yet ready to quit the game, however, and Champlain with the aid of Pontgravé was able to convince him that a new venture in the St.
		Arriving at Quebec, where he was hailed as one risen from the dead, Champlain found that things in France had taken a new turn. They had, in fact, taken many twists and turns during the nine years since De Monts had financed the first voyage to the St.
	www.sakoman.net /pg/html/12523.htm (428 words)

	Lieutenant Governor to host New Year's Levee at Queen's Park : ArriveNet Press Releases : Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The New Year's Levee offers a unique opportunity for members of the public to meet The Queen's representative, tour the Legislative Building, and enjoy a colourful seasonal event, complete with multicultural family entertainment and light refreshments.
		This custom of hosting levees at vice-regal residences was continued by British governors, and later by Canada's Governor General and provincial lieutenant governors.
		Several lieutenant governors are now moving their levees outside their provincial capitals as well.
	press.arrivenet.com /business/article.php/735527.html (553 words)

	CBC News Indepth: Canada's Governor General
		It's no surprise that Adrienne Clarkson's successor as governor general is a francophone.
		Jean shifted her focus to journalism in the late 1980s and by 1988 she was a fixture on Radio-Canada, serving as a reporter for the program Actuel.
		Jeanne Sauvé – the first woman to hold the post of governor general – had a 20-year career at the CBC before she entered politics in 1972.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/governorgeneral/michaelle_jean.html (657 words)

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