How Did France Get Foothold In Canada

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1) France Finds A Foothold in Canada
a) France, England, and Spain all compete for the control of North America
i) Four wars were agitated in Europe and these wars were world wars ii) The wars fought for control in New World and Europe
b) France was late for stealing some real estates in the New World
i) In 1500s, France had some foreign wars and home conflicts, which included the Roman Catholics and Protestants Huguenots conflicts
c) Edict of Nantes gave restricted toleration towards the French Protestants, which sparked religious war and by the next century, France was known was the strongest nation in Europe instructed by King Louis XIV and ministers
i) King Louis XIV was reigning since he was just five years old and ruled for approximately
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They are known as the “Cajuns”
5) Global War and Colonial Disunity
a) French and Indian War started in America that was sparked by George Washington; the war was known as the Seven Years of War in Europe. It was fought in America, Europe, West Indies, Philippines, Africa, and even on the ocean
i) Britain, America, Prussia were in opposition to France, Spain, Austria, Russia ii) Fredrick the Great defeated the French, Austrian, and Russian Armies in which helped him win the title of the “Great”
• The London government did not send more troops, but instead supported Fredrick with gold
• French were defeated later due to no force in the New World
b) In 1754, the British government had planned an intercolonial congress at New Albany, New York for all the 13 colonies, and only 7 of the 13 colonies came. The reasons was for the Iroquois tribes to remain loyal only to the British during the war, colonial unity = better defense from the French
c) Benjamin Franklin drew the famous cartoon of a snake cut into different pieces in his published book Pennsylvania Gazette that had the words “join or die”. Each of the different, disjointed pieces of the snake represented the