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New France 1534-1763 Primary & Secondary Sources: People & Events

These are people, places & events that figure prominently in the history of New France from 1534 to 1763 that can be used as search terms as well as ideas for research in the era.

 

 

People

BougainvilleLouis-Antoine de, comte,
Cardinal Richelieu
Samuel de Champlain 
Jacques Cartier 
General Braddock
 Joseph Coulon de Jumonville,

King's Daughters
Jesuits
Recollets

Algonquian peoples 
Iroquois Peoples

Henry IV
Louis XIII
Louis XIV

 

Places

Acadia
Fort Caroline,

Fort Duquesne
Fortress of Louisbourg
Gulf of St. Lawrence River 
Lake Champlain
Quebec City

 

Events & Things

Company of One Hundred Associates
Communauté des Habitants
Fur Trade

Beaver Wars
French and Indian War
King George's War
King William's War

Seven Years War
Queen Anne's War

Great Peace of Montreal 1701
Treaty of Utrecht 1713
Treaty of Paris 1763

 

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