New France

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/new-france

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the peak population (1754)?Approximately 69,000 settlers (Acadians, Canadiens, Louisiana settlers)
2. What is the major administrative colonies (c. 1712)?Canada, Hudson Bay, Acadia, Terre-Neuve, Louisiana
3. What was New France and where was it located?New France was a large French colony in North America that stretched from Newfoundland in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, covering areas like Canada, Acadia, and Louisiana.
4. Why were the Saint Lawrence and Mississippi Rivers important to New France?They were the main highways for travel and trade, letting the French move people and fur to Europe and connect with inland lands.

Viceroyalty: A large territory governed by a viceroy, representing a monarch.
Fur Trade: An economic system based on the exchange of animal furs for European goods.
Treaty of Utrecht: A series of peace treaties signed in 1713 that ended the War of the Spanish Succession.
Great Upheaval: The forced expulsion of Acadians by the British between 1755 and 1764.