Exploration ReviewChapter Two

Exploration – Seeking new lands and new routes to old lands.

Finished Goods – Made out of raw materials (e.g tree > paper); sold for profit (see mercantilism cycle)

European Fisherman – Attracted to North America (Atlantic coast)

Reasons for ExplorationKings and Queens looking for a short and cheap

route to the Far East (silk & spices).Power struggle between the European powers

(Portugal, Spain, England, France, Holland).Age of Exploration (Renaissance

Period/Crusades) – Renewed interest in knowledge (maps) and technology (ship building).

Mercantilism – Economic theory where a country acquires wealth by developing colonies as a source of raw materials and markets for finished goods.

Ethnocentrism – A belief that one’s culture is best.

Acculturation – When two cultures meet and affect each other over a period of time.

John CabotItalian born

Explored and claimed lands for England

Mid-1400s

Discovered cod fish on the coast of Newfoundland

Jacques CartierFrench mariner who was paid by the King of

France to search for a short route to the Far East.

Reached the Gulf of Saint Lawrence in 1534 and placed a cross claiming “Long live the King of France.”

Sailed up the Saint Lawrence up to Montreal in 1535.

Established a permanent French settlement in 1541, but the settlement failed

Colonization When the mother country brings a separate

region under its direct control.

To control the newly claimed lands, colonization was essential.

Colonies were a source of cheap raw materials (fish and furs), cheap labour and a market for manufactured finished goods.

Important part of the trading theory “mercantilism.”

Fur Trading CompaniesTrading companies managed the French fur trade

in North America.

Pierre Du Gua de Monts – Was granted a monopoly (control all of the buying and selling) on the fur trade in Canada in 1603.

In 1604 , de Monts and Samuel de Champlain (his map maker) established a French establishment in Ste. Croix Island in Acadia.

In 1605, Du Gua moved the settlement to Port Royal.

Charter – Kings gave permission to explore and settle the lands.

Emigrate – Leave one country for another.

Scurvy – Lack of vitamin C; Natives showed the Europeans how to cure this (i.e. fresh food)

Samuel de ChamplainWas called the “Father of New France” because he tried

hard to establish a permanent settlement in New France.

He was a navigator and a map maker by profession.

Wanted to bring Christianity to the First Nations people.

Sometimes acted as a missionary for the Catholic Church.

Established a settlement in Quebec in 1608.

Created an alliance (union) with the Huron and Algonquin against the English, Dutch and Iroquois.

Jesuits / Black RobesCatholic Religion – hospitals, schools,

Christianity

Company of 100 Associates1627 – France granted the Company of the

100 Associates a monopoly on the fur trade in New France.

Company of 100 Associates promised to bring 4000 French Catholics to settle New France over the next 15 years.

Went out of business in 1663 due to war between England and France

Company of Habitants

In 1645, the Company of 100 Associates allowed the Company of Habitants to take over the monopoly on the fur trade in New France.

Algonkian PeopleLived in the eastern woodlands

Included Algonquin, Ottawa, Micmac & Montagnais.

Huron PeopleLived in the eastern woodlands.

Was a farming group.

Had a long established trading network among tribes before the European Men came.

Champlain and the French established a trading network and alliance with the Huron.

````Coureurs de bois” - Runners of the WoodsAdventurist young men of New France who

would go into the woods for furs.

They expanded the fur trade and explored deep into the Canadian interior.

Increased French control over the area.

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Huron ExtinctionEuropean diseases - small pox and measles

Lack of guns – French did not supply many unless they gave a lot more furs

War with the Iroquois

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British ColonizationThirteen Colonies in USA – East coastTobacco – gold and silver failedJamestown 1607

Hudson’s Bay Company – R & G – French traders

Built trading posts at the mouths of riversRupert’s Land