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Over the course of the 240 years that separated Giovanni da Verrazano\u2019s voyage of exploration in 1524 and the dismantling of New France in 1763, the French left their mark on the North American territory in a variety of ways. Through their manner of clearing and dividing the land, establishing villages and cities, building a network of roads and trails, and developing the territory with varied types of construction, they transformed and adapted environments according to their needs.<\/p>\n

French Explorations in North America<\/strong>
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French Explorations in North America<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Setting out from a few small colonized areas mainly found along the St. Lawrence River in the 17th century, the French journeyed through a large part of North America. On the eve of the British conquest, New France extended from Hudson Bay in the north to the mouth of the Mississippi in the south, and from Acadia in the east to the foothills of the Rockies in the west.<\/p>\n

Defeat of the Iroquois at Lake Champlain in 1609<\/strong>
In 1609, Samuel de Champlain confronted the Iroquois alongside his Huron allies and marked the beginning of a diplomatic policy that the French would maintain over the following 150 years. Samuel de Champlain.
Samuel de Champlain, 1613, Library and Archives Canada, nlc000855<\/div>\">\"Defeat<\/a>

Defeat of the Iroquois at Lake Champlain in 1609<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Pushing ever further west and south to find a constant supply of fur, the French deployed a whole network of alliances with the most influential Aboriginal tribes, economic and military alliances that enabled them not only to contain the English on the Atlantic seaboard for over 150 years, but also to ensure the survival of an under-populated New France whose borders would have been difficult to defend otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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