The Duel for North America 1608-1763
*Difficulties w/colonizing as a result of rel. wars during the 1500s between the RCC and Protestant Huguenots i.e. St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
*Edict of Nantes: grants limited toleration to Fr. Protestants War ceases
*1608 Quebec est. by Fr. Lead by Samuel de Champlain "father of New Fr"
1.friendly w/Huron tribes and joins them in battle against Iroquois which earns Fr. Lasting enmity of the Iroquois who hindered penetration on Ohio
*Gov. of New Fr. Autocratic. No elected representative assemblies/right to trial by jury
*New Fr. Inhabited by 60,000 most had no econ reason to move there.
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