New France


Targets


This lesson will acquaint you with the settlements that became known as New France.  You will be able to...

  • describe the way of life in New France
  • tell how long ago New France was settled
  • tell what happened to New France  
  • tell the terms of the Quebec Act and know why is it important today

Fourteen year old, Madeleine de Verchers, and her two brothers, twelve and ten years old, were French Canadien heroes. Why? Read her narrative here.

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Introduction

Can you imagine getting on a boat, headed to a strange foreign place, knowing that you will marry a stranger when you get there, and probably never be able to go home again? 

Young women such as those in this photograph did just that.  Find out who they were in this lesson.



A Group of King's Daughters arrives in Quebec by Charles William Jefferys 1667