Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, geographer, cartographer, and soldier. He played a key role in founding New France and helped establish Quebec City and Montreal. Champlain made numerous voyages to North America between 1603-1635, where he explored the Atlantic coast, the St. Lawrence River valley, and the Great Lakes region. He formed alliances with local Indigenous peoples and aided them in battles against the Iroquois. Champlain created detailed maps of the areas he explored and worked to establish peaceful relations between settlers and native groups in New France. He is considered the "Father of New France" for his role in founding permanent French colonies in Canada.

1. Samuel de Champlain

2. The Father of New France
a French explorer
navigator
Cartographer
Soldier
geographer
ethnologist diplomat chronicler.

3. Antoine de Champlain Marguerite Leroy
Samuel de Champlain + Helene Boulle
(married in 1610)
Date of birth: August 13, 1574
Place of birth: the village of Brouage,
ancient Province of Saintonge

4. Samuel de Champlain’s signature

5. Samuel de Champlain’s
education
-Champlain's school education was limited,
because Brouage was the occasion of frequent
struggles, during the civil wars of the time, and
his active habits and excellent common-sense led
him to educate himself.
-He often came in contact with men of high
character, connected with the military and
commercial departments.
- he paid considerable attention to the
study and practice of drawing

6. -Joined the French Army at age 20
-Fought in the war between the Protestants -and the
Catholics
-Fought on the Catholic side
-Served in the army until 1598

7. Champlain became involved with
group who were interested in the fur
trade and in 1603 was dispatched for
North America. He used his
cartographers skills and produced a
map of the St Lawrence river and upon
his return to France published the
map.

9. Champlain was chosen to be geographer on an
expedition to Acadia. They landed in
May on the southeast coast of Nova Scotia and
Champlain was asked to choose a location for a
temporary settlement. He explored the
Bay of Fundy and St. John
River area before selecting a small island in
the St. Croix River. The team built a fort and spent
the winter there.

10. *He found no friendly areas
where he felt another settlement could be
established.
*Returned to France to organize another effort
for colonizing the new lands in America.

11. *Champlain landed with his settlers and
established a new settlement named
Quebec City.

12. Painting showing the arrival of Samuel de Champlain on the future site of
Quebec City, 1608

13. *made contact and formed friendly
relations with the Huron, the
Algonquin, the Montagnais and the
Etchemin. The mighty Iroquois were their
enemy and they appealed to Champlain to
help them with their fight against them.
Champlain and 9 of his soldiers setout with
300 Algonquin's to explore the Iroquois lands
to the south and travelled south along the
Richelieu River to Lake Champlain.

14. The Defeat of The Iroquois on Lake Champlain drawn by Champlain

15. *he traveled upriver from Quebec City to the former
village of Hochelega where he established
Montreal.
*Champlain was named lieutenant and given
the power to act as virtual
governor in New France. He was
empowered to expand the lands of the colony,
make treaties with the native people, administer
the colonies and explore to the west for the route
to China and the Indies.

16. *Champlain returned once
again to New France
* explored through to the
Great Lakes and the Georgian
Bay area in Ontario. The lake and
river network in Ontario and Quebec made the
birch bark canoe, the natives choice, the easiest
way to travel throughout the land.

17. * made a brave voyage into the
interior of Canada accompanied by a tribe of
Native Americans with whom he had good relations, the
Hurons. Champlain and the French aided the Hurons in an
attack on the Iroquois, but they lost the battle and
Champlain was hit in the knee with an arrow and unable to
walk. He lived with the Hurons that winter, between the
foot of Georgian Bay and Lake Simcoe. During his stay, he
composed one of the earliest and
most detailed accounts of Native
American life.

18. -1620 – 1635: Commander of New France
After 1620 Champlain focused on governing Quebec
-1628: War between England and France
-1629: Surrendered Quebec to English
Held prisoner in England
-1632: Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
England gave Quebec back to France

19. *Champlain spent some time
writing about his travels until,
in 1632, the British and the French signed the
Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, returning Quebec
to the French. Champlain returned to be its
governor. By this time, however, his health was
failing and he was forced to retire in 1633. He
died in Quebec on Christmas
Day in 1635.

20. *Samuel de Champlain reported that the St Lawrence
Iroquoians and their settlements had disappeared altogether
from the St Lawrence valley. This is believed due to
outmigration, epidemic of European diseases, or intertribal
wars.
*He established Montreal
*In 1611 Champlain established
a fur trading post on the Island of
Montreal, on a site initially named La Place Royale. At
the confluence of Petite Rivière and St. Lawrence River, it is
where present-day Pointe-à-Callière stands.

22. -Founder of first permanent European
settlement in Canada
-founded Quebec, Montreal
-Discovered Lake Champlain
-Created detailed maps of Atlantic coast and St.
Lawrence River
-Strove to establish peaceful relations with the
many Indian nations he encountered

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24. * Canada History
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http://www.biography.com/people/samuel-de-
champlain-9243971?page=1
*http://www.samueldechamplain.com/
*http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers
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