Champlain allied New France with which First Nations, historic enemies of the Iroquois?
- The Algonquin, Montagnais and Huron
- The Haida and Salish
- The Inuit and Dene
- The Mohawk and Oneida
Answer: The Algonquin, Montagnais and Huron
Champlain allied New France with the Algonquin, Montagnais and Huron, who were old enemies of the Iroquois. The Iroquois, a confederation of five (later six) First Nations, fought the French settlements for about a century until peace was made in 1701.
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- In 1604 Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain founded the first European settlement north of Florida, first on St. Croix Island (now in Maine), then at Port-Royal in Acadia (now Nova Scotia).
- In 1608 Champlain built a fortress at what is now Québec City.
- Champlain allied the colony with the Algonquin, Montagnais and Huron, who were historic enemies of the Iroquois.
- The Iroquois were a confederation of five (later six) First Nations. They fought the French for about 100 years. The French and the Iroquois made peace in 1701.
- The French and Aboriginal peoples worked together in the fur trade, driven by European demand for beaver pelts.
- Jean Talon, Bishop Laval and Count Frontenac built a French empire in North America from Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico.
- In 1690 Count Frontenac refused to surrender Quebec to the English: “My only reply will be from the mouths of my cannons!”
- Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville, was a hero of New France who won many victories over the English, from James Bay to Nevis in the Caribbean.