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    French Explorers sailed from 1534 - 1542 sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean to Newfoundland and up the st. Lawrence River. Explorers used native american guides up the River and named the River the st. Luther River. Sailor and royal geographer Sponsored by King Henry IV of France Wanted to turn French claims in Canada into a permanent colony for france.

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    French Explorers sailed from 1534 - 1542 sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean to Newfoundland and up the st. Lawrence River. Explorers used native american guides up the River and named the River the st. Luther River. Sailor and royal geographer Sponsored by King Henry IV of France Wanted to turn French claims in Canada into a permanent colony for france.

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    French Explorers

    Jacques Cartier
     Experienced sailor & navigator
     King Francis I of France
     Wanted to find the legendary
    Northwest Passage to China
    through North America
     Wanted to find riches for Spain
     Sailed from 1534 - 1542
     sailed west across the Atlantic
    Ocean to Newfoundland and up
    the St. Lawrence River
     Used Native Americans as guides
    up the St. Lawrence River

    OTHER INFORMATION – claimed land around the St. Lawrence


    River for France (1st French claim) & named the St. Lawrence
    River.
    Samuel de Champlain
     Sailor & royal geographer
     Sponsored by King Henry IV of
    France
     Wanted to turn French claims
    in Canada into a permanent
    colony for France
     Explored from 1603 - 1609
     Took over a dozen trips to
    Canada & discovered Quebec &
    Lake Champlain
     Helped the Algonquin & Huron
    fight the Iroquois

    OTHER INFORMATION – He was called the “Father of New


    France.” He wrote a book called The Voyages & was held as an
    English prisoner during the French & Indian War.
    Robert Sieur de la Salle
     French nobleman & fur trader
    along the St. Lawrence River
     Sponsored by France – King Louis
    XIV wouldn’t fund, so the governor
    of Montreal paid)
     Wanted personal wealth & to
    establish trading posts, forts, &
    settlements for the French Empire
     Sailed from 1667 - 1684
     Explored the Ohio River and
    traveled the Mississippi River
     Learned Native American
    languages

    OTHER INFORMATION – He named Louisiana for the French King.


    He was killed by his men who thought he’d gone crazy.

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