New France:
From the class text-
The First Americans – page 133
1. What did the French
do to make money in
New France, which is
also called Canada?
Fishing, Fur trapping
and Trading
Fish Trap:
Trapping Beaver:
French Beaver Trap:
Beaver Pelt:
2. Why was there such
a high demand for furs
in Europe?
People were
crazy for
beaver hats:

This is a
portrait of
Pocahontas
during her
visit to
London
shown
wearing a
beaver fur
hat.
3. Which group of Native
Americans were the
enemies of the French and
why?
 The Iroquois,
who were enemies
of the Huron and
Algonquin
“The enemies of my friends are my
enemies”:
Arquebuse:
Samuel de Champlain:
4. What did Samuel de
Champlain believe the
French would need to do in
order to keep their colony
of New France?
Bring their families
and start colonies
5. What city did Champlain build
that is still a major Canadian city
today?
Quebec,
eh?
Quebec-primary source:
6. Why did the colony of
France grow so slowly?
Life
seemed good in
France and not many
people wanted to
leave
7. How is what the French did to
make money in New France different
from what the Spanish did to make
money in New Spain?
The
French traded
with the Indians, the
Spanish stole from
them and made them
slaves
8. Think about the
geography of these two
places. Why might they do
different things to make
money because of
geography?
New
France was in the eastern
woodlands where lots of animals
could be hunted for their furs:
•
New
Spain had lots of
mountains to look for gold.