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French, Dutch, and Swedish Colonies
Chapter 4 Section 3Pages 105 - 109
French Colonies
On the lands that had been first explored by Jacques Cartier, French fur companies sent Samuel Champlain.
Jacques Cartier Samuel Champlain
French Colonies Samuel Champlain explored and
mapped Lake Ontario and Lake Huron, two of the five Great Lakes.• “Father of New France”
French Colonies
Unlike the Spanish, French settlers tried to accept Native American ways. • This builds a relationship with some
Native Americans and French settlers that would result in future alliances.
French Colonies
The economy of New France was based on the fur trade. • Traders sent beaver, otter, and fox skins
back to France.
Exploring the Mississippi
The Mississippi River was explored by Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette.
Exploring the Mississippi
Ten years later, Robert de La Salle claimed all the lands of the Mississippi Valley for France.• Erects a stone column where the
Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico meet, and names it Louisiana in honor of king Louis XIV.
Attracting new settlers
New France eventually prospered, but did so without many French settlers.• By 1665, there were only
about 2,500 French settlers. To encouragesettlement, King Louis XIV set up a land grant system.
Attracting new settlers
A network of forts connected Canada with Louisiana and French claims along the Mississippi River.
Fort St.Charles in Minnesota.
Dutch and Swedish Colonies The Dutch establish a settlement of
New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island.
New Amsterdam
Dutch and Swedish Colonies
Sweden also founds a settlement theycall New Swedenjust south of the Dutch colonies.
Dutch and Swedish Colonies
Dutch become troubled by the presence of NewSweden because they did not want to competewith European countries in the fur trade.
New Netherland
New Sweden
