Hello there! I am Theo, a French soldier led by Samuel de Champlain, a navigator and soldier in the 17th century.
Theo, pack your bags. We’re going to find and establish the first settlement for New France. Tell the others.
Yes, sir!
This looks perfect! We shall settle here.
After sailing and searching high and wide, we arrive in an unfamiliar land, accompanied by the rest of our colony.
But soon, we learn that we are not alone...
We encounter a native tribe called the “Huron Indians”. After learning they are friendly, we strike up a contract with them. To have permission to occupy their land and discover even more land, we would aid them in destroying enemy tribes.
Yes, sir!
As time passes and more land is discovered, we successfully begin to establish our settlement.
To honor our friendship with the Hurons, I have decided to name this fort ‘Quebec’ after the Algonquian word ‘kebec’.
You should really move to Quebec! It’s a new land of opportunity for fur trading!
At first, the process is rough. Few settlers are attracted to Fort Quebec.
Why would I want to settle there? Life is already so good here! Besides, I’m a Huguenot. I was denied permission to settle there.