Book 1: Early History of Quebec & First Nations
*See formats and bundles below ($25, $50, $225). Preorders to be placed via emailing the author at the Contact page ONLY. Shipping extra.*
European First Contact, Indigenous Impact, Aggression & Fur Trade Wars,
Cartier, Champlain, St. Regis Mission, Lost Dauphin, American Expansion,
Seigneuries & Catholic Church, St. Lawrence River & Lake Champlain Regions 1500-1700
@ 250 pgs
Prior to European first contact in 1534 in the St. Lawrence River Valley, First Nations lived in the St. Lawrence River region using a bow and arrow for hunting and protection. This book explores early Indigenous beginnings, following receding glaciers to settle in the valley during the Woodland Period, 2,500 years before Jacques Cartier arrived in 1534.
This book chronicles Cartier’s three voyages and Champlain’s eight to the region starting in 1603. Each trip increased the French footprint and impact on First Nation territories, especially with Champlain’s introduction of guns in 1609 that initiated a “furs for guns” trading industry.
The Anglo-French War of 1627 is discussed along with fur trade wars of the 17th century as Huron and Iroquois Confederacies battled New France to try and drive out the French intruders. Meanwhile, Britain was establishing the Hudson’s Bay Company to the north to manage the fur trade outside Montreal control as the fur trading capital of North America.
Also highlighted is the Deerfield Massacre in the Hudson River valley; establishment of the St. Regis Mission to protect Montreal from the British; and a story about Eleazer Williams as the Lost Dauphin of France. American settlement impact after the Revolutionary War is covered along with the Alexander Macomb Purchase of 1791 and American settlement impacts on Iroquois Six Nations Confederacy and on their New York Indigenous reserves.
Also highlighted are the histories of Chateauguay, Longueuil and Lacolle seigneuries east of Montreal, followed by the causes and battles of the Seven Years’ War between New France and Britain, including the “Battle of the Plains of Abraham” in Quebec, where the author’s great, great, great, great grandfather Lt. Donald Fraser (1740) and his four older brothers fought, one being Capt. Simon Fraser (1726), father of Simon Fraser (1776) the famous Canadian explorer.
*See formats and bundles below ($25, $50, $225). Preorders to be placed via emailing the author at the Contact page ONLY. Shipping extra.*
European First Contact, Indigenous Impact, Aggression & Fur Trade Wars,
Cartier, Champlain, St. Regis Mission, Lost Dauphin, American Expansion,
Seigneuries & Catholic Church, St. Lawrence River & Lake Champlain Regions 1500-1700
@ 250 pgs
Prior to European first contact in 1534 in the St. Lawrence River Valley, First Nations lived in the St. Lawrence River region using a bow and arrow for hunting and protection. This book explores early Indigenous beginnings, following receding glaciers to settle in the valley during the Woodland Period, 2,500 years before Jacques Cartier arrived in 1534.
This book chronicles Cartier’s three voyages and Champlain’s eight to the region starting in 1603. Each trip increased the French footprint and impact on First Nation territories, especially with Champlain’s introduction of guns in 1609 that initiated a “furs for guns” trading industry.
The Anglo-French War of 1627 is discussed along with fur trade wars of the 17th century as Huron and Iroquois Confederacies battled New France to try and drive out the French intruders. Meanwhile, Britain was establishing the Hudson’s Bay Company to the north to manage the fur trade outside Montreal control as the fur trading capital of North America.
Also highlighted is the Deerfield Massacre in the Hudson River valley; establishment of the St. Regis Mission to protect Montreal from the British; and a story about Eleazer Williams as the Lost Dauphin of France. American settlement impact after the Revolutionary War is covered along with the Alexander Macomb Purchase of 1791 and American settlement impacts on Iroquois Six Nations Confederacy and on their New York Indigenous reserves.
Also highlighted are the histories of Chateauguay, Longueuil and Lacolle seigneuries east of Montreal, followed by the causes and battles of the Seven Years’ War between New France and Britain, including the “Battle of the Plains of Abraham” in Quebec, where the author’s great, great, great, great grandfather Lt. Donald Fraser (1740) and his four older brothers fought, one being Capt. Simon Fraser (1726), father of Simon Fraser (1776) the famous Canadian explorer.
*See formats and bundles below ($25, $50, $225). Preorders to be placed via emailing the author at the Contact page ONLY. Shipping extra.*
European First Contact, Indigenous Impact, Aggression & Fur Trade Wars,
Cartier, Champlain, St. Regis Mission, Lost Dauphin, American Expansion,
Seigneuries & Catholic Church, St. Lawrence River & Lake Champlain Regions 1500-1700
@ 250 pgs
Prior to European first contact in 1534 in the St. Lawrence River Valley, First Nations lived in the St. Lawrence River region using a bow and arrow for hunting and protection. This book explores early Indigenous beginnings, following receding glaciers to settle in the valley during the Woodland Period, 2,500 years before Jacques Cartier arrived in 1534.
This book chronicles Cartier’s three voyages and Champlain’s eight to the region starting in 1603. Each trip increased the French footprint and impact on First Nation territories, especially with Champlain’s introduction of guns in 1609 that initiated a “furs for guns” trading industry.
The Anglo-French War of 1627 is discussed along with fur trade wars of the 17th century as Huron and Iroquois Confederacies battled New France to try and drive out the French intruders. Meanwhile, Britain was establishing the Hudson’s Bay Company to the north to manage the fur trade outside Montreal control as the fur trading capital of North America.
Also highlighted is the Deerfield Massacre in the Hudson River valley; establishment of the St. Regis Mission to protect Montreal from the British; and a story about Eleazer Williams as the Lost Dauphin of France. American settlement impact after the Revolutionary War is covered along with the Alexander Macomb Purchase of 1791 and American settlement impacts on Iroquois Six Nations Confederacy and on their New York Indigenous reserves.
Also highlighted are the histories of Chateauguay, Longueuil and Lacolle seigneuries east of Montreal, followed by the causes and battles of the Seven Years’ War between New France and Britain, including the “Battle of the Plains of Abraham” in Quebec, where the author’s great, great, great, great grandfather Lt. Donald Fraser (1740) and his four older brothers fought, one being Capt. Simon Fraser (1726), father of Simon Fraser (1776) the famous Canadian explorer.