Bell Ringer

Using the map, nameas many states as you can that were at onetime under French control. All blue areasbelonged to Francein 1750.

ESSENTIAL QUESTION: WHAT ROLE DID THE FRENCH PLAY IN COLONIZING THE

NEW WORLD?(8 .8)

French Exploration and Settlements in the New

World

Trade w/ Native Americans

The French were very interested in economic possibilities in America

Natural resources like fur and fish provided trading opportunities with Native Americans

Missionaries followed the traders to minister to Native Americans and convert them to Christianity

Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette

Joliet (explorer) and Marquette (priest) traveled the Mississippi River via canoe with the hopes of finding precious metals

They were looking for a NW passage to the Pacific but soon found out the river led to the Gulf of Mexico

Robert de La Salle

Followed the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico

Claimed the region where the MS River reached the Gulf of Mexico as “Louisiana” in honor of Louis XIV

New Orleans was founded in 1718 and French explorers would travel west to the Rockies and Rio Grande river

Tenant Farmers

French settlement was going very slow

New France was made up of states along the St. Lawrence River (Canada today)

Many settlers were brought in as tenant farmers who paid rent and worked for their lord for a set period each year

Relationship w/ Native Americans

The French usually got along well with Natives

Trappers and Missionaries lived close to Natives

French learned their language and respected their customs

Since French settlements grew so slowly, Natives did not view the French as a threat

Huguenots

Some French settlers were Protestants who were escaping persecution from the Catholic church in France

They settled in the New World and were very skilled in trade, business, and manufacturing

Some settled in modern-day Tennessee

Founding fathers, John Jay and Paul Revere were of Huguenot descent

Summarizer

3-2-1 Chart 3-Explorers we learned about today

2-Most interesting things learned today

1-Question you still have

Extension Activity

You are a new arrival to the French colonies in America. After having spent a few months here, you decide it is an awesome place. Write a letter to a friend back in France trying to persuade them to come to America. Include as much content as possible from today's lesson, be creative, and write at least two paragraphs.