HIST 2055 Chapter : HIST2055 French Dutch Quakers Africans
Document Summary
The french in north america: samuel de champlain sent by crown to establish for trade monopoly in. This number included a good many jesuits, meant to convert to indians: to encourage permanent settlement, cash was offered to habitants (settlers) who cleared land. In 18th century, anglo-french rivalry accelerates, with indians as pawns (proxy fighters). This led eventually to french and indian war, when. French were forced to abandon their claims in canada. Founded 1718, amid boasts of the natural fertility of the land. That year, the same year the french were kicked out of canada. The spanish took baton rouge, still in spanish hands after the louisiana purchase. Dutch new amsterdam: short-lived colony (1609-1664) extended from manhattan up the hudson. River to albany: a much more cosmopolitan place, englishman henry hudson was hired by dutch east india company to find river route to pacific (and india), dutch governor undertook wars in 1630-40s to contest english power in.
