France



=Key People:=

Giovanni Da Verrazano[[image:30581335.jpg width="262" height="310" align="right"]][[image:260px-Viaggioverrazzano.jpg align="right"]]
Giovanni da Verrazano was born in at Val di Greve, near Florence, Italy in 1485. Giovanni da Verrazzano came from a Noble Italian family and was a well educated Renaissance man.

He became an Italian explorer and navigator; however, he sailed for France. His most famous establishment was exploring the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine. He also discovered Manhattan and was the first European to enter New York Bay.

In 1527, Giovanni da Verrazzano gets captured by his old enemy and reportedly executed at Puerto del Pico, Spain in November 1527 for Piracy.

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Jacques Cartier was born at Saint-Malo in Brittany in 1491 under a wealthy family and very well educated.

His career was French explorer and navigator and he was also one of very famous for French explorers. He found and mapped the St. Lawrence Seaway in Quebec, Canada and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. He is also known for taking over the natives’ land which is Canada. He got his crew and himself to basically slave the natives and kill most of them. That is why he is also known for racism.

On 1557, September 1st, Jacques Cartier died at his manor of Limoilou, near Saint-Malo.

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Samuel de Champlain was born at Brousage, Saintonge in France in 1567. The early life of Samuel de Champlain concentrated on preparing him for the life of a mariner and he was also well educated.

He was the son of Antoine Champlain, a sea captain and his uncle was also a mariner. Like his family, he became also a famous French explorer, Cartographer, and Navigator. Samuel de Champlain established the French settlement of Quebec and he is the founder of Quebec City. That's basically what he has been famous for, he was a French explorer and now a lot of people who live in Canada near Québec speak French. He is known as 'The Father of Canada'.

After two years from when Samuel de Champlain returned to Quebec and resumed his duties as governor in 1633, on 1635 December 25, Samuel de Champlain dies in Québec.

=Key Dates and Events:=

1534: France made their first voyage to North America 1603: Samuel de Champlain discovered the Great Lakes 1608: Samuel de Champlain discovered Québec. 1720: France started an outpost

=Key Places:=

Québec
Québec was one of the greatest discoveries to France during this time period. By the greatest French explorer, Samuel de Champlain, France was able to discover Québec and Québec city. The control of Québec by France made almost all the people in Québec to speak French as their first language like France.

=Effects and Their Motives:=

Trading


In 1562, when French settled in South Carolina, two years later, their settlement got destroyed by Spanish. However, the settling in South Carolina itself made French to be very good at fur trading. Samuel de Chaplain also established a fur trade with Native American tribes.

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