This last week in school, we were looking through the topic of Colonialism. We were assigned (sadly) a mini project based on the colonization of New France, in the late 1600’s. I wrote a small report on the Comte de Frontenac, then did a two minute explain everything to go along with the report. Here they are:

 

During the lifetime of New France, the Comte de Frontenac, or Louis de Buade, became the Governor of New France on two different instances; The first was from 1672 to 1682 and the second from 1689 to his death in 1698. He was one of the most important Governors of New France, and introduced many new changes to the nation while he was in charge.

He joined the French military when he was a teen, and became a French soldier. Frontenac sailed to New France from La Rochelle in France, leaving his wife and his position in court, in France, to begin his life in New France.

While in the position of Governor, Frontenac planned to move and spread New France westwards, and take over the majority of the fur trade in the Great Lakes and even further west. He had to work quickly, as the Iroquois were beginning to be stirred up by their English neighbours who were similarly negotiating with the Native people of Canada to help them in the fur trading business. Frontenac took quick action and created a fur trading post on Lake Ontario, and arrested many who defied his intensions to control the majority of the western fur trading post.

As he pushed through this plan, it backfired when New France landed into some old trouble with the Iroquois. This started a series of wars between the two. During one of many, Frontenac marched two thousand men into the Iroquois territories. The Iroquois fled quickly from the site, and in later years, New France and the Iroquois signed a peace treaty.

 

 

Afterwards, we were given three different mini projects to do. I chose to make a brochure that was leasing a piece of farmland, in the perspective of a Seigneur. Here’s my brochure: