HIST 2055 Lecture : Lecture 9/4
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Indians didn"t need weapons for hunting b/c of bow and arrow skill couldn"t hit targets outside of 50 yards with euro guns war changes: population of new france did not reach 2500 until 1660. This number included a good many jesuits, mean to convert indians: to encourage permanent settlement, cash was offered to habitants who cleared land, in 18th century, anglo-french rivalry accelerates, with indians as pawns. This led eventually to french and indian war, when french were forced to abandon their claims in canada corrupt officials nuns smugglers tobacco planters and slaves free people of color. The french in nola: founded 1718, nola populated by a bunch of social types, nola imagined as place of enchantment in france, wild, carefree port known for, mouth of the mississippi, start of the souths trade mecca. Connecticut, but otherwise showed little vision for the colony. Amsterdam to english in 1664 (renamed new york)
