THE FRENCH IN NORTH AMERICA

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CARTIER AND CHAMPLAIN

Using the websites, answer the following.

1. Jacques Cartier was born in the year___________and explored for __________________. He took ____________trips to ___________________. He was looking for a _____________________________Passage through North _______________________to the Pacific. He never found it, but did pave the way for other _________________exploration in North America.

2. He sailed _______miles up the St. ____________________ River and tried to start a settlement at____________. This was a failure, but he did name the area ___________________, the name we call it today.

3. Samuel de Champlain was a ________________explorer and________________________ who mapped much of northeastern ________________America.

4. In 1608, Champlain started a colony in Port Royal, and later led 32 colonists to _____________. Here he started a fur __________ center; only _____settlers survived that first bitter winter, but more ___________arrived that summer.

5. In 1609, Champlain made friends with the __________________Indians and helped them in their fight with the Iroquois Indians. He also discovered Lake __________________.Champlain is called the “Father of ____________________”.

6. Champlain headed the ____________settlement for France until the English took the _______in 1629. Champlain was also the _______________of New France, and died in ____________.