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Samuel de Champlain ^
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**__ Introduction __** Samuel de Champlain was born in 1567 in Brouage, France. His religion was Catholic. For more than thirty years, he tried to spread the Catholic religion to the Indians. Champlain joined the French Army at the age of about 20 and served until 1598. His father, a sea captain, taught him navigation and how to find longitude and latitude at sea. His death took place in Quebec on December 25, 1635.

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**__ Voyages __** From 1599 to 1601, he made several voyages to the West Indies, Mexico, and Panama. Champlain returned to France in 1601. In 1603, Samuel sailed to Canada and explored the St. Lawrence River for King Henry IV in the ship Pontgrave. He was one of the first Europeans to write about Niagra Falls. In 1604, he sailed back to North America and explored the New England coast. In 1605-1606, he made two more voyages along the coast of New England in search of a better settlement. During this voyage he explored the coast as far as Cape Cod, making careful surveys and maps. In 1608, Champlain returned to Canada to establish a fur trading post. St. Lawrence and called it Quebec. It became the first permanent settlement in New France. He built a fort, storehouse, houses, and planted grain, and started the fur trade. The first winter was very cold and only 8 of the 24 settlers survived. Champlain became friendly with the Algonquin and Huron Indians living near Quebec. In 1609, Champlain and two French companions joined the Algonquin and Huron in a raid on the Iroquois, who lived in what is now New York. Champlain had muskets and defeated the Iroquois, who knew nothing about firearms. After the raid he named a lake after him and called it Lake Champlain. 1610 to 1624 he made several trips to France to obtain aid for Quebec. He also explored Lake Ontario and the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron.
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Map Champlain made ^ __** Reasons of Exploration  **__ about his voyages.Champlain's book interested King Henry IV. Henry hoped the French could find a "Northwest Passage" to Asia. King Henry IV set Champlain on another voyage. Champlain founded Quebec while looking for a nothwest passage. He sailed back to Quebec many more times. media type="custom" key="3749629" width="229" height="186" Hardships/Challenges __** Samuel de Champlain were on side with the Hurons and the Algonquin in raiding the Iroquois. In the wars he was wounded many times. There was a plot to kill him and he had to escape by canoe.He got a disease called scurvy, which is caused by lack of Vitamin C on his voyages (see picture bellow). These are some of the hardships Champlain faced.
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**__Historical Contributions__** Samuel de Champlain was known as father of New France and was the founder of Quebec. He gave his name to a lake, it is called Lake Champlain. He learned Native languages and traded furs with then. These are some historical contributions Champlain had achieved.

**__ Other Notable Occurences/ Events __** War broke out between France and England in 1626, and English began to seize French settlements in Canada. In 1628, an English fleet cut off supplies to Quebec and ordered Champlain to surrender the fort. The settlers held out for a year but finally surrendered after they ran out of food. The English took Champlain to England but allowed him to return to France in 1629. In 1632, the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye returned Quebec to France. Champlain sailed back to Quebec in 1633 and rebuilt the fort, where he lived until his death on Dec. 25, 1635.

By: Bryan and Joelle

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