Venn Diagram
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Henry Hudson sailed for the Dutch in his
exploration of NY/Hudson River region
Peter Minuit bought Manhattan and
established New Netherland
Fort Orange (Albany)= important trading post
and first settlement in NN
New Amsterdam = NN port city
Allies with the Iroquois
1672 – population of 9,000 people
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Samuel Champlain establish Quebec in 1608
Quebec City and Montreal become important
trading posts
Coureurs de bois – French name for independent
fur traders who lived along the side of Native
Americans (“runners of the woods”)
Allies with Huron
Jacques Marquette established two missions
along the Great Lakes
Marquette and Louis Joliet explored the MS
River
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Rene Robert Cavelier (LaSalle) claims MS River
Valley for France (Louisiana for King Louis
XIV)
1672 – population of 5,000
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Profited from the fur trade
Made alliances with Native Americans
Established settlements in North America