My French Canadian ancestors were some of the first settlers. My 10th grand grandfather was Maurice Menard De Lofantain. He was a voyageur and fur trader. He married an Algonquin woman at Fort De Barge in present day St. Ignace, Michigan in 1692. My great great grandparents moved to Michigan in the 1800's. I have visited the straits of Mackinaw so many times and didn't know this history until recently. Its amazing that he probably knew Cadillac, Fr. Marquette and Fr. Nouvel
Thanks for sharing this. I have an Ojibwe/French ethnicity, and tend to debate this issue with a lot of people who unknowingly blame "all" colonizers for being violent. My faimly were also involved in fur trade, and my grandmother's married French men. 👍
It is not so much the idea "all" colonizers individually are violent, it is that "colonialism" is violent in that it forces one people's ways onto that of other people and ultimately creates a discriminatory environment.
Bonjour from Québec, Tom! Congratulations for your work. I like your errudition and your impartiality concerning New France. New France history is very interesting and original. Thank you for the time you took to show our history. Instead of New England and United States that have been populated mainly by immigration, New France has been populated mainly by self propagation. There has not been that much French settlers but our ancestors were great at self propagation. Those who adapted successfully and survived were stronger and had a stronger and numerous descent. I'm a descendant of explorer Nicolas Perrot who is consireded as one of the first European to visit the midwest. The population of New France (St-Lawrence valley) was only around 65,000 during the French and Indian war. New France was conquered by around 35,000 British soldiers from England and New England. That's a lot of soldiers for so few people. The battle of the plains of Abraham was won by the British but it wasn't the end of New France yet as many historians say. A few months later the British were vainquished at the battle of Sainte-Foy near Québec by the New France militiamen and French soldiers. Concerning the battle of the plains of Abraham, British had to act fast because they had to leave with their ships and soldiers before the St-Lawrence freeze. If the French soldiers had stayed behind the Quebec fortress walls that day, the British would had no choice except to leave the sooner the better or to die in their ships in a frozen St-Lawrence river. The battle was won by the British. New France surrendered with the arrival of british ships the next spring. There was no hope to get help from France anymore. New France was abandoned by France in 1763. The British put a lot of resources to conquer New France. That is why New England citizens were forced to pay their share and protested about it. A few years later the United states of America born with the help of France. New Sweden and New Netherland has disappeared in the 17th centhury. In 1995, Québec (what remains of New France) nearly got its independance. That would have been the rebirth of New France. NOUS SOMMES TOUJOURS LÀ! We are still there. Have a great day Tom and thank you.
New France is alive and well and living in the dna of all the decendants of the Early Settlers of New France. They have their own genome group according to ancestry.ca. So far, I have counted over 200 grandparents and great grandparents who were born in "New France". Very proud to be a descendant of Filles du Roi and brave New France men and women.
Hello Qebec from Louisiana. I have a few Canadian ancestors. Primarily Francios Derbanne. Born in Quebec in 1671 he was with Le Seur in upper Mississippi exploration and also a 400 league trip up the mighty Missouri was Taken by him in 1706. Landing in Mobile he partnered with another Qebecian( word)? And travelled to Natchitoches post where he spent his life.
At the end of the day the French were defeated and British took control. That is what happens in war. The main difference is French expansion in North America and British expansion is simply population demographics. The Thirteen colonies attracted a lot more settlers - climate was better, greater opportunity for farming, easier access to more diverse resources. Canada is a bit of a harsh climate overall. Fewer resources to access.
Bonjour. There is a piece of New France off the coast of Newfoundland (Canada). Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France). It is the only part of New France that remains under French control. You also have only a few elderly native French speakers that live in or around Old Mines, Missouri in the U.S.. They speak Missouri French (francais du Missouri or Paw-Paw French). Speakers of Missouri French may call themselves ''creoles'' as they are descendants of the early French settlers of Illinois country. It is a vast region of New France in what is now the midwestern United States. More French people in Louisiana live in the southern parishes of the state, though substantial minorities exist in southeast Texas. Them and the Acadians, who live in northern New England (Maine), New Brunswick, parts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (Canada), that is all the pieces of New France. Just wanna help you out on the history of the French in North America. Au revoir
There is a museum in France dedicated to the history of the Percheron-Quebec settlers, and they have amazing records. My ancestor made the voyage in 1623, and married a Fille du Roi. Many don't realize that early New France was populated with help from orphans who were sent by the King to begin families.
My ancestor was named Louis Bedard, he and his siblings came from La Rochelle, France. They were given the choice to renounce Catholicism or starve to death. They fled what would be called New France (modern day Quebec) to escape religious persecution.
Unlike other colonial powers, France, under the leadership of Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, encouraged a peaceful coexistence in New France between indigenous and settlers. The Indians, converted to Catholicism, were considered "natural French" by the Ordinance of 1627: "The descendants of the French who are accustomed to this country [New France], together with all the Indians who will be brought to the knowledge of the faith and will profess it, shall be deemed and renowned natural Frenchmen, and as such may come to live in France when they want, and acquire, donate, and succeed and accept donations and legacies, just as true French subjects, without being required to take no letters of declaration of naturalization" _Ordinance of King Louis XIII dating from the year 1627 According to the 19th-century historian Francis Parkman: "Spanish civilization crushed the Indian; English civilization scorned and neglected him; French civilization embraced and cherished him" - Francis Parkman France ..... thanks for existing.
Make no mistake the decree was not not instituted because the French felt brotherly love for the Indigenous people. It was very much an insidious policy to dominate for imperial gain. The idea was to make good French men and women loyal to the French King and ultimately this meant a destroying Indigenous ways. The colonial dynamic in New France was very different from that in the British, Spanish and Portuguese New World colonies. The French colonial system did not encourage immigration to the New World and was almost solely based on the fur trade. The French primarily acted as traders, exchanging goods for furs for export to Europe. The Indigenous were the work force hunting and gathering fur resources. The French thus needed to maintain certain alliances to have the furs continue to flow to them. These alliances with various Indigenous groups also enable these French allies to wage war and/or dominate other Indigenous groups.
@@EdinburghFive No because the French did not impeach the natives to participate in their cults, such a level of manipulation is incredible, you would have made a good Nazi
Many Americans, when they have their family tree done, are surprised to find that they have French-Canadian ancestors. In the 19th century, after the British conquest of Canada, many left for the wild west, and around one million migrated in New-England, where workers were needed in the factories.
The British conquest of Canada took place in the eighteenth century. Migration between Canada and the USA was a two way street. The expansion into western Canada does not take on any urgency until the late nineteenth century, after Canada as a nation came into existence. This migration as well as that to the USA was for economic reasons.
@@EdinburghFive- The British defeated the French in 1759 on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, thus ending the Seven Years War between the two. In 1763, the British kicked French Acadians out of Atlantic Canada and they went to Louisiana. Some time later the British allowed them to return. A number remained in Louisiana. Don't forget it was Samuel de Champlain that founded New France in 1603 and Quebec City in 1608. New France stretched from Labrador in the North to Louisiana in the South.
+vince orr albert There is Quebec, Haiti, French Guiana along with the tiny islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique and that's about it. That's nothing compared to the spanish speaking countries, it seems Spain took over most of The Americas.
Thank you so very much Tom. I'm 12 years old and really needed this help for my home school project. Now I just need you to do a video on calculus. lol.
@@haylie6433 It's kinda normal in certain countries. As a kid my parents made me do a Singapore math course so I knew how to do differential equations at age 12 but only touched basic geometry and probability much later on.
It's true! We have a lot of French names in the upper Midwest and of course French history. The Catholic Diocese in my area was founded by the French in the 1600s.
I’ve been fascinated with Early American history and native Americans since I was a little girl. Never considered it would be a viable career field so I never studied it in school but thank you so much for putting these videos on TH-cam. My 30 year old self loves this shit. Your videos are great! Thanks for putting them up
my Great Grandmother was half Black foot & half French around the Great Lakes, just trying to understand the situation of then! Thank you for a great video!
Hey@@mrbrainbob5320 - When you state "where they were relocated" do you mean a relocation of the Blackfoot that takes place within the historic or the prehistoric periods, or the particular family of Tom Boardman? I am not aware of any historic period mass relocation of the Blackfoot from the central region of North America to the west. As for prehistoric period it is uncertain exactly where the various Algonquian (Eastern, Central, and Plains) speaking people originated. It might be the eastern Great Lakes region of present-day Ontario and New York. The Blackfoot speak Plains Algonquian whereas in the Illinois region Central Algonquian is spoken. This demonstrates the Blackfeet are not related in the historic period to the Illinois Algonquian speakers. It is hard to date the divergence of the language groups but it appears to have been well before the historic period and as much as 3000 years.
Tom, I'm absolutely in love with your videos. They're very intricate in the way to which they deliver the content. I've been struggling recently with how to approach APUSH according to my teacher, but now that I have a steady basis to gain some valuable techniques on remembering the necessities, I don't think I'll encounter a problem anymore (I'm also watching a lot of your AP Euro, but for those videos I only use as a further analysis since I'm actually taking Curran haha). Thank you, once again, and please keep the eloquence coming!
Just a suggestion from a native person... I’m a citizen of the Mvskoke Creek Tribe of Oklahoma and a descendant of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It’s more historically accurate if you refer to us as “Native Americans” or “Indigenous People”. Obviously we aren’t from India.....thanks!
And just an other fact about the friendship between Indians and French : The Indians called the French king "Onontio Goa" wich mean "The big moutain on earth" and all the governor of New-France are called "Onontio" (Big mountain or father) and this tittle became an official one for all the Governor (This tittle are gived when there is a new governor with an official ceremony for symbolized the friendship with the Indians) 😃 Sadly, when the Brits invaded New-France in 1763, this tittle disapeared and our Indians allies discovered an other face of the "White men"...
The picture painted of French benevolence with the Indigenous people is a myth. Also you need to read a bit more about how the British dealt with the Indigenous in New France and Louisiana. The British administrators tired to keep the British-American colonist from moving west over the mountains into the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys in an effort to keep this as Indigenous territory. There is a need to separate the American colonist from the British. We know there is a difference due to the fact that immediately after the Seven Years War the American colonist started their gradual agitation that led to the American War of Independence.
in my last post I forgot to mention you are off by a few years on the "...when the Brits invaded New-France...". This invasion started in 1754 at the beginning of the French & Indian War and then continued under the broader Seven Years War. The final defeat of the French in New France was with the Fall of Montreal in 1760. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended the war and confirmed Britain's control of New France and part of the Louisiana territory.
My French ancestors mixed with the Mikmaq tribe. An interesting fact is that one of the main priests wrote in his diary about conversation and how the Mikmaq already had a cross as their symbol.
The Jesuits certainly established missions. Mission locations, even in Spanish colonies, were never randomly located. They were built either in or near large Indigenous settlements, or at strategic locations where large numbers of Indigenous people would travel through (i.e. trade routes).
The Native Ground by Kathleen DuVal is a great source for this topic. I read it as an undergrad for my Atlantic worlds seminar. Its about the colonial patterns and interactions in the Arkansas valley by Spanish, French, British and Americans
Thank you for the video. Could you give more information about the French and Indian War, and also how France chances of shaping the region faded with the Edict of Nantes .
We still love the French over here in my part of (occupied) New France. In fact, Prince (King) Louis XX's Family still has friends amongst us. Vive l'Roi!!
@@samrevlej9331 You're a fine specimen of the Revolution too! Which republic are you on again? 22? 9? May wanna try something that's less of a clusterfuck. Ya don't seem good at it. #Vendee
@@satarasrevenge At least we're not afraid to try and change, instead of being stuck in the past, handing power to a line of inbred dictators. Or obeying a foreign queen, in your case. Liberté, égalité, fraternité ou la mort !
Acquisition of knowledge and working hard are 2 very different things. Disgusts me the way schools today teach children to work hard rather than sparking up a hunger for knowledge and understanding. A scholar understands things while a good student simply repeats what he has heard and ignorantly dismisses everything else as opinion. Learn how to learn and dont let school get in the way of your education.
This was great! I recently found that I'm about 1/3 French and most of them went to what becomes Quebec. I'm hoping to learn their story. This was a great help! Thank you!
at about 1:20 minutes the map shows French territory reaching down through the Deep South to the Gulf, including Louisiana. The video focuses more on areas of French colonization that American schools neglect. Everyone knows about places like Louisiana and Alabama. What's lacking in American schools is broader geography and world history.
My family(Durel's)came from France to New Orleans in 1715 and another branch of family tree came from France in 1800s to New Orleans. Census records say they lived in the 8th Ward.
The fur trade was initially important in the French exploration of North America but its importance quickly faded and was replaced by other industries. Evangelicalism occurred in French settlement---but was certainly not a driving force or a "raison d'être" for any French colony in North America. Many settlers, in fact, settled in New France in exasperation of the overly influential role of the Catholic church in social, economic and political life in France.
Hey M Wdca - During the entire period of French colonial rule in North America in the inland areas the fur trade was the dominant commercial operation. There were other commodities but certainly no "industrialization". This period is a little early for the industrial revolution. In the French coastal colonies, of Acadia, Ile Royale , and also parts of Newfoundland, fishing was the most important commercial operation. Conversion of the Indigenous people to Christianity was in fact French policy and was part of the contract the French Monarchy made with whose it granted trade monopolies to in the New World. Their idea was to make over the Indigenous people into good French citizens - to civilize them as such. French missionaries often preceded the fur trader into new territories. The immigrants to New France, largely came in the early stages of the colony and then later after it became a crown colony, for economic reasons not "...overly influential role of the Catholic church...". The Catholic church in Quebec was all pervasive, rich and powerful so any immigrant to the colony was certainly not escaping the church influential role in French society.
Hi! Im prepping for a debate about manifest destiny and this was really helpful. Would you happen to know of any good sources I could site on this topic about the french colonies (along with this video of course) thank you so much!!
Northern Canada , North of the great lakes is half French as is New Brunswick officially, the last names of people inPEI and Nova Scotia are almost 50% French. I think the English/Dutch protestant powers were destined to rule. For an individual Frenchman the new world was a paradise of adventure and discovery I am sure. Traditionally a man in Canada needs only an Axe. With an Axe he can make and get everything comfortable life requires. Thanks for the great videos. :)
hetchiballi Man, you Canadians are some rugged people! I'm glad this video is being appreciated by people who are descendants of these French colonists! :D
Tom Richey the man and his Axe thing is old timey. Thanks for the compliment but we are just simple people much like you Americans. We generally just work hard and try to get by with what we have. Lately the romanticism of the pre-columbian lifestyle of the Carolinian (climate) zone native population that much of western society holds has been coming to mind. This has been prompted by exploration of Bilblical state of man. " in the sweat of his brow he shall eat bread"- post Eden commitment to Labour and "man shall sow seed and I shall send rain" - the speculative nature of said Labour, it's utter dependence on God/Nature. Law, Biblical/Natural and man's balance with it being the ever present theme of existence. Or, more simply put. How many are fascinated with native life because of its dependence on nature and how that is expressed in pre Christ Biblical Law. Don't let me bore you I just like to talk, press others for opinion and ideas as well as share what I have. :)
Tom Richey the western people's technological escape from the immediate consequence of natural law and the affinity for the 'noble savage' ideal being evidence of our natural affinity for the natural balance. Can we replace our loss of immediate connection to nature with a culture of social responsibility, a 'herd animal' approach to our fellow man. This is the line of my recent thinking and I bring it to you because you are well informed and therefore likely to be helpful regardless of your response. Thanks
finalfrontier001 True. But the French opened up Canada and much of the continent. The North is half french if not more. The immigrants learn english for political/economic reasons. To describe Canada as half french is not erroneous i would think.
Taboo against interracial marriages during the 19th century France ? do you have any reference ? Because it was quite frequent for French catholic to marry an native person. It's was mostly taboo for french Calvinist / Protestants and Jews to whom, like their British counterparts, the Native American weren't human... thus making it ok to slaughter them and steal from them. Also, France had a pretty hard time to sell North America to the common frenchmen to populate the vast claimed lands. Quality of life of the common french was far superior to that of the common British subjects and they weren't starving in France. Yet, people seems to only look at history from the British perspective. It sort of distort the reality. Just like the reasons invoked nowadays for the abolition of slavery. Slavery hasn't been abolished because the North loved the blacks and the South somehow were racists.... (segregation laws lasted until the 60s didn't they ?) It all comes down to economics. I will quote Karl Marx (I think): "A slave is sold once, a wage slave has to sell himself everyday".
Caporal Electric yes it was taboo to speak of native ancestry during the 19th and 20th century, because of racial and religious discrimination against the French-Canadian population under British Protestant rule. Records rarely mentioned the admixture fact but DNA tests showed that up to 80% of French-Canadians have native ancestry.
Considering that the Bitish had a much stronger foundation for settlers obviously means that when territorial wars would be lost between the french and english... also the french didn't buy slaves from africa... i think a vaste majority of slave owners were british... but i could be wrong about that. it's also fairly obvious to me that the french and native indians had a close relationship.... because a part of my family is from manitoba and they don't have a problem accepting native indians into their community... also it's rumored that on my fathers side of the family that my grand mother might of been an adopted aboriginal indian. my family who is made up of mostly french people have alot of ties with native indians... my bother is married to one... also since part of my family is from manitoba there is a great deal of metis in that region which is a mix of white and native indian... even to this present day i'm totally facinated by native indian culture and their language and how they have carved their roots into their tribes... it's hard to gt your hands on hardcore facts about this since alot of it has to do with personal experience and Canada's history isn't very long nor is it detailed... i'm pretty sure America is a similar story.
@ Eric France didn't populate North America with enslaved Africans, but they did the Carribean. Saint-Domingue was a giant factory that converted African bodies and lives into sugar.
There were many reasons why New France did not grow rapidly and thus acquire a large population like the British American colonies. One was the fact that the French king (oddly) was worried about depopulating France and thus French administration did not encourage immigration.
Another great video. The French were very French in their settlement, dealings with the tribes, and subsequent losing of their North American empire. Out of curiosity, what program do you use to get the picture inserts? I've tried a few, but have found most to be too cumbersome or they eat up my computer's memory and make it impossible to do anything.
Reading Through History I use PowerDirector, but have used Camtasia Studio in the past. I just bought a new computer with an i7 processor. I was having trouble editing video on my old computer - same problem as you. Making videos is an expensive habit!
@@EdinburghFive No it was instrumental in it's growth.Not to mention the Fille de Marier who came first whom I'm decended from many. These women had families of 10/13/15 and some 25 children.Their children did the same and so in.Othet than Iceland,Canada had the biggest population explosion for any colony.80% to 2/3 of french Canadians are related by blood and ancestry,some a few times.
Those women are your founding mothers and Grandmother's.Many of us are decended from 5 super couples from about 1605 .The fille de Roy woman were very important and instrumental in our history and growth.
@@jacquesrenou2850 Good to hear from you. You may have misunderstood my post. I did not say the Filles du Roi were not important but stated this episode within Quebec history was a minor thing. On a point though - as the colony of Quebec did not exist in 1605 there were no "5 super couples". That you mention. It appears your 1605 is perhaps a typo.
How did the French rule New France as they settled? I understand that they had a friendly relationship with the Indians due to the trade, but what was their political standing?
+samanta errera I guess they didn't really "rule" it, per se - at least not far outside the walls of their settlements. Part of the problem with New France is they never established sovereignty over the territory they claimed.
The French made alliances with some native groups and waged war with others. They also enslaved a large number of Indians (see Marcel Trudel's work on this topic).
Hey@@Unpseudopascommelesautres - As did the French, as did the Spanish, as did the Indigenous groups to each other. The English do not have an exclusive on subjugation of other people. Besides look at who you accuse of being British or English and you'll find many of these so called British/English were not - they were Scots, Germans, Irish and as colonization continued people from all over Europe and elsewhere. All these people took the land and subjugated the indigenous people. After the end of the Seven Years War you'll find that the relation between British officials and Indigenous were quite good. The British authority was trying to constrain American advancement west into Indigenous territory but the colonial Americans were having none of that. After the US declared independence the British continued to try to protect the Indigenous people from American moving westward over the Appalachians. I take it you may be of French background. If that is the case take a closer look at French imperialism and you will find murder, repression, slavery, cultural destruction, etc. on a mass scale in French colonies around the globe in the past. And some of that past is not that long ago.
You completely ignored the system of French settlement in the St Lawrence River Valley. These were not trading posts. These were extensive farm settlements, towns, and the administrative centre of France's trade networks with the indigenous people.
Great video, now i have a better understanding why french isn't as dominat as i thought it should be... i knew the french occupied a large part of Canada and America but it's the lack of settlers that made it difficult to conquor. and maintain the occupied land. great stuff... it also explains the massive acceptace and bonds the french have with natives indians. it's a shame there wasn't more to this, but i understand that Canada's history is fairly short and straight to the point. awesome video.... i truely loved it. it'd also love to see more about native indian tongues and culture... but i'm sure this is something that's hard to learn with the lack of written information that's available. native indian culture is really amazing we touched a little bit of it in high school, but it wasn't in great detail because again the lack of information.
I think it was a good video. I am going to show it to my 5th graders. It is succinct and has the info they need and not all that other stuff in the book they don't need. I really like the chart too.
5:49 Did the french have a better relationship with the natives than the dutch? As you said that in the video of the Dutch that they didn't try to convert for them for example.
I had my DNA checked and they said that I was 30% French 30% German and some English some Irish and a little African. I was told many times that my mother's father was 100 % Cherokee. Why didn't it show up on my DNA? Was it the French part that did?
Many people have family myths about indigenous ancestors. In most cases it just is not true. Many French people in North America assume they have indigenous ancestry and many in fact do but it is from so long ago (1600s) that the DNA is very low, usually 1% or less. The Cherokee tribe is from southeastern areas of the US and somewhat removed from areas of early colonial French influence. The Cherokee were allies with the British.
@J OneLifeYes, like the Acadians - some Acadians do have a bit of Mi'kmaq ancestry. It tends to be from very few marriages and from a very long time ago. Given the Acadian community is quiet small all the families are related to each other somehow or another over the four hundred years. This makes those who do have a small about of Mi'kmaq ancestry, related to the very same small group of indigenous women who married French men. This practice of intermarriage was not widespread and also just thought sheer population growth was impossible to sustain. The Acadian population grew rapidly whereas the Mi'kmaq tended to move away from the French settlements and their population dropped due to disease, etc.
I love your videos and I wouldn't be getting through APUSH without them but I've just gotta ask... what is the dancing like a penguin picture in your background?? I'm assuming is from your child and I think that's adorable but I also couldn't stop staring at it for the whole video XD
Addressing the issues of racism in French society, the relationship with capitalist French companies, and the perception of criticizing France, let's analyze these points further. 1. Racism in French Society: Addressing the issue: Acknowledging the existence of racism in French society is crucial. Efforts should be made to combat systemic issues, promote diverse representation, and foster an inclusive environment. This includes addressing historical injustices, improving access to education and job opportunities, and supporting initiatives that fight against discrimination. 2. Relationship with Capitalist French Companies: Critiquing Capitalism vs. French Companies: It's essential to differentiate between criticizing the capitalist system and targeting specific French companies. Criticizing the capitalist system can lead to positive changes in business practices, while unfairly targeting French companies may not be productive. Instead, focus on promoting responsible business practices, encouraging transparency, and supporting companies that align with social and environmental values. 3. Perception of Criticizing France: Constructive Criticism vs. Negativity: Criticizing a country or its policies doesn't necessarily mean being anti-French. It's possible to express concerns about specific issues while still appreciating and respecting French culture, history, and people. Engaging in constructive dialogue and offering suggestions for improvement can lead to a more positive and productive conversation. In summary, addressing racism in French society requires continuous efforts to promote inclusion and combat systemic issues. In terms of the relationship with capitalist French companies, it's crucial to differentiate between criticizing the system and targeting specific companies. Lastly, criticizing France should not be equated with negativity but rather seen as an opportunity for constructive dialogue and improvement.
Would like to know more about the French women in New France. DNA shows that I am descended from those first women. I guess not all French men married Native Amsricans
There's bound to be some men that brought their family with them and a couple of families must have set shop there (probably around the sea areas). But considering it was a low female density area that was considered adventurous/dangerous chances are a lot of European women there might have been prostitutes. This is mostly speculative and I hope you don't take as an insult as that is certainly not my intention.
There were more than a few European women who came to Quebec and it is insulting to say "...a lot of European women there might have been prostitutes.". It is true there was an imbalance in Quebec of men to women. To try to rectify the situation France sent about 800 women to France in the 1660s and 1670s. These were known as the "filles du roi". Others came as well and as time went by there would of course be female offspring of the settlers.
@@ankhi3585 France and the Catholic church did not tolerate or send prostitutes to Canada.If a woman was of questionable morals,she was deported.However,many prostituutes as well as prisoners were sent to New Orleans.These are facts! Our woman that came as Fille s Marier and Fille du Roi had to have a sponsor,a letter from their parish preist or government officials.
after reading these comments, many of them say affirmative to him. im convinced of that the american dont share the sensitive part of their history, the viewpoint of which would sometimes change according to their regions.
You should really stop calling them Indians because they are not Indians (they are not from India) they are from America and are called Native Americans. I don't believe that you meant any harm, but it is very offensive to some and I strongly suggest that you use the correct term instead of calling them Indians.
No one misunderstands the word 'Indian' used in this context. There are a number of correct references to the original peoples of the New World - Indian, Native American, Indigenous, or the actual tribal name of the specific people/person.
what about the huguenots and the french nobility title in Quebec canada? i dont think it was for money power but for freedom and for native wife you need alot of study to make
When New France was settled it was a period in France of relative peace between the Catholics and Huguenots. The Edict of Nantes was in effect until 1685. The Huguenots had a large merchant class and being located along the Atlantic coast of France knew about and were involved in trade with New France. It only made sense that some moved there to expand and oversee their business interests in the colony.
+You Can't Handle The Truth you are crazy man are you even quebecois? most have brown hair sure but blue eyes ( immigrants excluded) go to saguenay you will see a lot of blue eyes
In northern ontario theres still alot of mixing that continues today. Lots of french and natives/metis in northern ontario and so many are mixed in relationships, white french and native couples is not taboo but normal it's been like this for generations probably going back to new france.
Mine as well,he and his wife were one of 5 super couples from 1605 early 1600's that were founding families and many french Canadians are decended from.⚜️💙
that is not entirely true. While the number of colonists was low in comparison to the english, they did have cities. Montreal, Quebec, New Orleans and Luisbourg weren't that much smaller than Boston or Philadelphia. And they did have an identity. The Illinois country was colonized by people from french Canada, or American French people. And while they didn't colonize all the area they claimed, they knew it very well. One great example is thet "prairie" is indeed a french word. Moreover, when French Louisiana was conquered by spain, french people didn't go away. They continued to rule the fur trade, for spain that time. And they explored all the rocky mountains. I'm talking about french people from french america, not from europe....the first people to go up to the Red River were french, Sacagawea's father was a french man!!!! The truth is, french colonization in North america was far from being sporadic and left a significant impact on the culture of the USA as well!
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My APUSH teacher isn't teaching me anything and expects me to learn on my own at home. Your videos are very helpful in teaching this subject
kill myself Hi, this is an apush student from 2 years in the future! Imagine everything you just said but add in quarantine
@The Beer Hugger perhaps you are the millennial.
my teacher just tells us to watch these everyday and he doesnt do anything
My French Canadian ancestors were some of the first settlers. My 10th grand grandfather was Maurice Menard De Lofantain. He was a voyageur and fur trader. He married an Algonquin woman at Fort De Barge in present day St. Ignace, Michigan in 1692. My great great grandparents moved to Michigan in the 1800's. I have visited the straits of Mackinaw so many times and didn't know this history until recently. Its amazing that he probably knew Cadillac, Fr. Marquette and Fr. Nouvel
Awesome! 💪
One of the first métis then. The Spanish also mixed up, a lot.
Are you Québecois?
My Ancestor, Rene Ancelin, was a Pioneer of New France. He came to Canada in 1640.
Same! Family moved to monroe county.
Remarquable ! Avez-vous conservé l'usage du français avec un tel héritage ?
Thanks for sharing this. I have an Ojibwe/French ethnicity, and tend to debate this issue with a lot of people who unknowingly blame "all" colonizers for being violent. My faimly were also involved in fur trade, and my grandmother's married French men. 👍
ahaha c'est bien ça. Soit fière de tes origines 😉😊
It is not so much the idea "all" colonizers individually are violent, it is that "colonialism" is violent in that it forces one people's ways onto that of other people and ultimately creates a discriminatory environment.
@@EdinburghFive which is in fact, violence.
@@nmagain24 - Well yes, as I commented above, in the larger sense but it is not necessarily the case on the individual level.
Your surnames are not French
Bonjour from Québec, Tom! Congratulations for your work. I like your errudition and your impartiality concerning New France. New France history is very interesting and original. Thank you for the time you took to show our history. Instead of New England and United States that have been populated mainly by immigration, New France has been populated mainly by self propagation. There has not been that much French settlers but our ancestors were great at self propagation. Those who adapted successfully and survived were stronger and had a stronger and numerous descent. I'm a descendant of explorer Nicolas Perrot who is consireded as one of the first European to visit the midwest. The population of New France (St-Lawrence valley) was only around 65,000 during the French and Indian war. New France was conquered by around 35,000 British soldiers from England and New England. That's a lot of soldiers for so few people. The battle of the plains of Abraham was won by the British but it wasn't the end of New France yet as many historians say. A few months later the British were vainquished at the battle of Sainte-Foy near Québec by the New France militiamen and French soldiers. Concerning the battle of the plains of Abraham, British had to act fast because they had to leave with their ships and soldiers before the St-Lawrence freeze. If the French soldiers had stayed behind the Quebec fortress walls that day, the British would had no choice except to leave the sooner the better or to die in their ships in a frozen St-Lawrence river. The battle was won by the British. New France surrendered with the arrival of british ships the next spring. There was no hope to get help from France anymore. New France was abandoned by France in 1763. The British put a lot of resources to conquer New France. That is why New England citizens were forced to pay their share and protested about it. A few years later the United states of America born with the help of France. New Sweden and New Netherland has disappeared in the 17th centhury. In 1995, Québec (what remains of New France) nearly got its independance. That would have been the rebirth of New France. NOUS SOMMES TOUJOURS LÀ! We are still there. Have a great day Tom and thank you.
New France is alive and well and living in the dna of all the decendants of the Early Settlers of New France. They have their own genome group according to ancestry.ca. So far, I have counted over 200 grandparents and great grandparents who were born in "New France". Very proud to be a descendant of Filles du Roi and brave New France men and women.
Alberta Beaudry I’m one!!
Hello Qebec from Louisiana. I have a few Canadian ancestors. Primarily Francios Derbanne. Born in Quebec in 1671 he was with Le Seur in upper Mississippi exploration and also a 400 league trip up the mighty Missouri was Taken by him in 1706. Landing in Mobile he partnered with another Qebecian( word)? And travelled to Natchitoches post where he spent his life.
At the end of the day the French were defeated and British took control. That is what happens in war. The main difference is French expansion in North America and British expansion is simply population demographics. The Thirteen colonies attracted a lot more settlers - climate was better, greater opportunity for farming, easier access to more diverse resources. Canada is a bit of a harsh climate overall. Fewer resources to access.
Bonjour. There is a piece of New France off the coast of Newfoundland (Canada). Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France). It is the only part of New France that remains under French control. You also have only a few elderly native French speakers that live in or around Old Mines, Missouri in the U.S.. They speak Missouri French (francais du Missouri or Paw-Paw French). Speakers of Missouri French may call themselves ''creoles'' as they are descendants of the early French settlers of Illinois country. It is a vast region of New France in what is now the midwestern United States. More French people in Louisiana live in the southern parishes of the state, though substantial minorities exist in southeast Texas. Them and the Acadians, who live in northern New England (Maine), New Brunswick, parts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (Canada), that is all the pieces of New France. Just wanna help you out on the history of the French in North America. Au revoir
There is a museum in France dedicated to the history of the Percheron-Quebec settlers, and they have amazing records. My ancestor made the voyage in 1623, and married a Fille du Roi. Many don't realize that early New France was populated with help from orphans who were sent by the King to begin families.
Which museum was that. I had some trouble finding resources or art from this time period in France.
My ancestor was named Louis Bedard, he and his siblings came from La Rochelle, France. They were given the choice to renounce Catholicism or starve to death. They fled what would be called New France (modern day Quebec) to escape religious persecution.
Unlike other colonial powers, France, under the leadership of Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu, encouraged a peaceful coexistence in New France between indigenous and settlers. The Indians, converted to Catholicism, were considered "natural French" by the Ordinance of 1627: "The descendants of the French who are accustomed to this country [New France], together with all the Indians who will be brought to the knowledge of the faith and will profess it, shall be deemed and renowned natural Frenchmen, and as such may come to live in France when they want, and acquire, donate, and succeed and accept donations and legacies, just as true French subjects, without being required to take no letters of declaration of naturalization"
_Ordinance of King Louis XIII dating from the year 1627
According to the 19th-century historian Francis Parkman:
"Spanish civilization crushed the Indian; English civilization scorned and neglected him; French civilization embraced and cherished him"
- Francis Parkman
France ..... thanks for existing.
que de compliments !
"France thanks for existing"... said no Haitian, or Former African French Colony. Smh
Make no mistake the decree was not not instituted because the French felt brotherly love for the Indigenous people. It was very much an insidious policy to dominate for imperial gain. The idea was to make good French men and women loyal to the French King and ultimately this meant a destroying Indigenous ways.
The colonial dynamic in New France was very different from that in the British, Spanish and Portuguese New World colonies. The French colonial system did not encourage immigration to the New World and was almost solely based on the fur trade. The French primarily acted as traders, exchanging goods for furs for export to Europe. The Indigenous were the work force hunting and gathering fur resources. The French thus needed to maintain certain alliances to have the furs continue to flow to them. These alliances with various Indigenous groups also enable these French allies to wage war and/or dominate other Indigenous groups.
@@EdinburghFive No because the French did not impeach the natives to participate in their cults, such a level of manipulation is incredible, you would have made a good Nazi
@@EdinburghFive Especially since the natives had their say (see following comments)
I'm half native and some french..
Who cares?
Nice
@@shilohfrederick8157 me
The French got really friendly with the natives huh..
@@shilohfrederick8157 :( dont be a jerk
Many Americans, when they have their family tree done, are surprised to find that they have French-Canadian ancestors.
In the 19th century, after the British conquest of Canada, many left for the wild west,
and around one million migrated in New-England, where workers were needed in the factories.
The Acadians were driven out of Atlantic Canada and many settled in New Orleans as a result.
The British conquest of Canada took place in the eighteenth century. Migration between Canada and the USA was a two way street. The expansion into western Canada does not take on any urgency until the late nineteenth century, after Canada as a nation came into existence. This migration as well as that to the USA was for economic reasons.
@@EdinburghFive- The British defeated the French in 1759 on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City, thus ending the Seven Years War between the two. In 1763, the British kicked French Acadians out of Atlantic Canada and they went to Louisiana. Some time later the British allowed them to return. A number remained in Louisiana. Don't forget it was Samuel de Champlain that founded New France in 1603 and Quebec City in 1608. New France stretched from Labrador in the North to Louisiana in the South.
It's a damn shame that today there is barely any french speaking countries in the americas.
+marvinj487 its damn shame that today there are no native speaking countries in the americas
+yarakten gelen Paraguay has two official languages, Spanish & Guarani which is a native tongue.
+vince orr albert There is Quebec, Haiti, French Guiana along with the tiny islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique and that's about it. That's nothing compared to the spanish speaking countries, it seems Spain took over most of The Americas.
+marvinj487 and the Acadian, Metis, Houmas
Tenshi Nero Who ?!
Thank you!! Great presentation. I'm researching my French-Canadian ancestors and this is so informative.
Thank you so very much Tom. I'm 12 years old and really needed this help for my home school project. Now I just need you to do a video on calculus. lol.
caluculus at 12? jesusss
@@haylie6433 It's kinda normal in certain countries. As a kid my parents made me do a Singapore math course so I knew how to do differential equations at age 12 but only touched basic geometry and probability much later on.
Thanks for coming in clutch at 4:00 am while I'm trying to finish my summer APUSH project before noon.
+Ethan King Anytime!
Fascinating stuff. Greeting from France
excellent pseudonyme mdrr
j'aime manger les croissants
It's true! We have a lot of French names in the upper Midwest and of course French history. The Catholic Diocese in my area was founded by the French in the 1600s.
Communism is cancer.
This Englishman laughs at the lie told in your username!
Very organized, concise and informative. Your overview answers a lot of questions for me. Thank you!
I’ve been fascinated with Early American history and native Americans since I was a little girl. Never considered it would be a viable career field so I never studied it in school but thank you so much for putting these videos on TH-cam. My 30 year old self loves this shit. Your videos are great! Thanks for putting them up
Never too late to learn. Keep up the exploration of history.
Who knew that Matt Damon knew so much about history?
thank you Sir, my graduates is in Revolutionary war, and this helped me out with writing my final paper...
my Great Grandmother was half Black foot & half French around the Great Lakes, just trying to understand the situation of then! Thank you for a great video!
+Tom Boardman Glad I can help!
The Blackfoot do not live around the Great Lakes. They are further west in the Great Plains (Montana, Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan).
@@EdinburghFive that's were they were relocated but they came from modern day Illinois
Hey@@mrbrainbob5320 - When you state "where they were relocated" do you mean a relocation of the Blackfoot that takes place within the historic or the prehistoric periods, or the particular family of Tom Boardman?
I am not aware of any historic period mass relocation of the Blackfoot from the central region of North America to the west.
As for prehistoric period it is uncertain exactly where the various Algonquian (Eastern, Central, and Plains) speaking people originated. It might be the eastern Great Lakes region of present-day Ontario and New York. The Blackfoot speak Plains Algonquian whereas in the Illinois region Central Algonquian is spoken. This demonstrates the Blackfeet are not related in the historic period to the Illinois Algonquian speakers. It is hard to date the divergence of the language groups but it appears to have been well before the historic period and as much as 3000 years.
I like the way you explain history. Classrooms should have teachers like you. Great Job.
I'm French and living in America since the past two years, I had to know that !
When I visited Minnesota for Five Years I met a French American Woman and learned her Family was around for a loooong time. 👍🍺🇺🇸
Tom, I'm absolutely in love with your videos. They're very intricate in the way to which they deliver the content. I've been struggling recently with how to approach APUSH according to my teacher, but now that I have a steady basis to gain some valuable techniques on remembering the necessities, I don't think I'll encounter a problem anymore (I'm also watching a lot of your AP Euro, but for those videos I only use as a further analysis since I'm actually taking Curran haha). Thank you, once again, and please keep the eloquence coming!
What's an APUSH?
Do you have a video, that discusses in depth, the relationship between Dutch European colonists and Native Americans?
Just a suggestion from a native person...
I’m a citizen of the Mvskoke Creek Tribe of Oklahoma and a descendant of the Seminole Tribe of Florida. It’s more historically accurate if you refer to us as “Native Americans” or “Indigenous People”. Obviously we aren’t from India.....thanks!
sanchez ? half spanish
@@Unpseudopascommelesautres No.
You know what he means.
First Nations People for Canada.
@@reptiliandomination1It doesn’t necessarily means she has spanish ancestry
French and married with a native for almost 5 years 😊
@Gabriel Beauharnais the revenant movie, by that is a shame!
The English broke up mixed families and treated the French and Natives like crap
Britain is not very admirable in their governmental actions. I don't like them.
If anyone is wondering what song was playing im pretty sure it is "Elephant Gun" by Dan Morrissey
This guy is helping me with my APUSH homework rn
And just an other fact about the friendship between Indians and French : The Indians called the French king "Onontio Goa" wich mean "The big moutain on earth" and all the governor of New-France are called "Onontio" (Big mountain or father) and this tittle became an official one for all the Governor (This tittle are gived when there is a new governor with an official ceremony for symbolized the friendship with the Indians) 😃 Sadly, when the Brits invaded New-France in 1763, this tittle disapeared and our Indians allies discovered an other face of the "White men"...
The picture painted of French benevolence with the Indigenous people is a myth. Also you need to read a bit more about how the British dealt with the Indigenous in New France and Louisiana. The British administrators tired to keep the British-American colonist from moving west over the mountains into the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys in an effort to keep this as Indigenous territory. There is a need to separate the American colonist from the British. We know there is a difference due to the fact that immediately after the Seven Years War the American colonist started their gradual agitation that led to the American War of Independence.
in my last post I forgot to mention you are off by a few years on the "...when the Brits invaded New-France...". This invasion started in 1754 at the beginning of the French & Indian War and then continued under the broader Seven Years War. The final defeat of the French in New France was with the Fall of Montreal in 1760. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended the war and confirmed Britain's control of New France and part of the Louisiana territory.
@@EdinburghFive It's not a myth, the truth will hurt you as much as I
And pure blooded Amerindians still get treated the lowest by the government often even today in many parts of The Americas
There are no "pure-blooded" Amerindians anymore. All of them have varying degrees of European or African ancestry.
@Sundance Enlighten me.
@Sundance You want to trick me into subscribing to you?!
j/k
@Sundance
You have no clue what you are taking about.
India wasnt named "India" when Columbus arrived in 1492.
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My French ancestors mixed with the Mikmaq tribe. An interesting fact is that one of the main priests wrote in his diary about conversation and how the Mikmaq already had a cross as their symbol.
I thought this was Theo Von cleaned up for a hot second. Haha
The Jesuits certainly established missions. Mission locations, even in Spanish colonies, were never randomly located. They were built either in or near large Indigenous settlements, or at strategic locations where large numbers of Indigenous people would travel through (i.e. trade routes).
It should be noted that there was a "Mini-ice age" during the 16 and 1700's. Fur was necessary for survival in Europe.
Fur was a fashion statement. Beaver pelts were used to create felt for the production of hats.
The Native Ground by Kathleen DuVal is a great source for this topic. I read it as an undergrad for my Atlantic worlds seminar. Its about the colonial patterns and interactions in the Arkansas valley by Spanish, French, British and Americans
Sir you are a very wonderful public speaker and presenter
I am from New Orleans, Louisiana and would like to know about the French settling in New Orleans.
Thank you for the video. Could you give more information about the French and Indian War, and also how France chances of shaping the region faded with the Edict of Nantes .
We still love the French over here in my part of (occupied) New France. In fact, Prince (King) Louis XX's Family still has friends amongst us. Vive l'Roi!!
That's kind of the problem. We like our Québecois cousins, but not royalists. We cut off the king's head for a reason. Vive la République !
@@samrevlej9331 You're a fine specimen of the Revolution too! Which republic are you on again? 22? 9? May wanna try something that's less of a clusterfuck. Ya don't seem good at it.
#Vendee
@@satarasrevenge At least we're not afraid to try and change, instead of being stuck in the past, handing power to a line of inbred dictators. Or obeying a foreign queen, in your case.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité ou la mort !
I think this video is going to help me pass my midterm. THANK YOU
Your videos are really helping me! Thanks so much for possibly influencing my AP Euro test grade! :)
Aveyond Keiver And thank you so much for watching! We're both helping each other!
Acquisition of knowledge and working hard are 2 very different things. Disgusts me the way schools today teach children to work hard rather than sparking up a hunger for knowledge and understanding. A scholar understands things while a good student simply repeats what he has heard and ignorantly dismisses everything else as opinion. Learn how to learn and dont let school get in the way of your education.
+masterbate23 The french education is the worst.
I have to watch this for my history class. Currently trying to figure out what areas are the French colonizing and why. Wish me luck
This was great! I recently found that I'm about 1/3 French and most of them went to what becomes Quebec. I'm hoping to learn their story. This was a great help! Thank you!
Me too .....just found out....34% French Canadian,Quebec area and lake Erie area.
no mention of of the French involvement in the United States In places like Mobile Alabama New Orleans Etc
at about 1:20 minutes the map shows French territory reaching down through the Deep South to the Gulf, including Louisiana. The video focuses more on areas of French colonization that American schools neglect. Everyone knows about places like Louisiana and Alabama. What's lacking in American schools is broader geography and world history.
Thank you for your time. I am part Western Abenaki/French Hugenot
Just found your channel and really enjoying your videos. Thank you
Sandy Day Glad to hear it! I hope you like the other videos that you see!
My family(Durel's)came from France to New Orleans in 1715 and another branch of family tree came from France in 1800s to New Orleans. Census records say they lived in the 8th Ward.
thanks a lot for this video you did justice to my history. greetings from québec
The fur trade was initially important in the French exploration of North America but its importance quickly faded and was replaced by other industries. Evangelicalism occurred in French settlement---but was certainly not a driving force or a "raison d'être" for any French colony in North America. Many settlers, in fact, settled in New France in exasperation of the overly influential role of the Catholic church in social, economic and political life in France.
Hey M Wdca - During the entire period of French colonial rule in North America in the inland areas the fur trade was the dominant commercial operation. There were other commodities but certainly no "industrialization". This period is a little early for the industrial revolution. In the French coastal colonies, of Acadia, Ile Royale , and also parts of Newfoundland, fishing was the most important commercial operation.
Conversion of the Indigenous people to Christianity was in fact French policy and was part of the contract the French Monarchy made with whose it granted trade monopolies to in the New World. Their idea was to make over the Indigenous people into good French citizens - to civilize them as such. French missionaries often preceded the fur trader into new territories.
The immigrants to New France, largely came in the early stages of the colony and then later after it became a crown colony, for economic reasons not "...overly influential role of the Catholic church...". The Catholic church in Quebec was all pervasive, rich and powerful so any immigrant to the colony was certainly not escaping the church influential role in French society.
Hi! Im prepping for a debate about manifest destiny and this was really helpful. Would you happen to know of any good sources I could site on this topic about the french colonies (along with this video of course) thank you so much!!
This guy is pretty damn good.
Not half as good as you, I can assure you!
Thank you for giving me the answers to my summer assignments
Northern Canada , North of the great lakes is half French as is New Brunswick officially, the last names of people inPEI and Nova Scotia are almost 50% French.
I think the English/Dutch protestant powers were destined to rule.
For an individual Frenchman the new world was a paradise of adventure and discovery I am sure.
Traditionally a man in Canada needs only an Axe. With an Axe he can make and get everything comfortable life requires.
Thanks for the great videos.
:)
hetchiballi Man, you Canadians are some rugged people! I'm glad this video is being appreciated by people who are descendants of these French colonists! :D
Tom Richey the man and his Axe thing is old timey. Thanks for the compliment but we are just simple people much like you Americans. We generally just work hard and try to get by with what we have.
Lately the romanticism of the pre-columbian lifestyle of the Carolinian (climate) zone native population that much of western society holds has been coming to mind. This has been prompted by exploration of Bilblical state of man. " in the sweat of his brow he shall eat bread"- post Eden commitment to Labour and "man shall sow seed and I shall send rain" - the speculative nature of said Labour, it's utter dependence on God/Nature. Law, Biblical/Natural and man's balance with it being the ever present theme of existence.
Or, more simply put. How many are fascinated with native life because of its dependence on nature and how that is expressed in pre Christ Biblical Law.
Don't let me bore you I just like to talk, press others for opinion and ideas as well as share what I have.
:)
Tom Richey the western people's technological escape from the immediate consequence of natural law and the affinity for the 'noble savage' ideal being evidence of our natural affinity for the natural balance. Can we replace our loss of immediate connection to nature with a culture of social responsibility, a 'herd animal' approach to our fellow man.
This is the line of my recent thinking and I bring it to you because you are well informed and therefore likely to be helpful regardless of your response.
Thanks
hetchiballi French ethnicity is Canada is 2nd to the English......
finalfrontier001 True. But the French opened up Canada and much of the continent. The North is half french if not more. The immigrants learn english for political/economic reasons. To describe Canada as half french is not erroneous i would think.
I appreciate this very much. I am exploring my ancestry and I have 47% North Mexico/South Texas , 25% Spanish and 15% French.
Great
You may be underestimating the size of the British Hudson Bay territory. It was as large or even larger than the Louisiana territory.
Can somone tell me who was in charge of the bishops in New France and who the Bishops were in charge of?
Taboo against interracial marriages during the 19th century France ? do you have any reference ? Because it was quite frequent for French catholic to marry an native person. It's was mostly taboo for french Calvinist / Protestants and Jews to whom, like their British counterparts, the Native American weren't human... thus making it ok to slaughter them and steal from them.
Also, France had a pretty hard time to sell North America to the common frenchmen to populate the vast claimed lands. Quality of life of the common french was far superior to that of the common British subjects and they weren't starving in France. Yet, people seems to only look at history from the British perspective. It sort of distort the reality. Just like the reasons invoked nowadays for the abolition of slavery. Slavery hasn't been abolished because the North loved the blacks and the South somehow were racists.... (segregation laws lasted until the 60s didn't they ?) It all comes down to economics. I will quote Karl Marx (I think): "A slave is sold once, a wage slave has to sell himself everyday".
Caporal Electric yes it was taboo to speak of native ancestry during the 19th and 20th century, because of racial and religious discrimination against the French-Canadian population under British Protestant rule. Records rarely mentioned the admixture fact but DNA tests showed that up to 80% of French-Canadians have native ancestry.
123123drink So, it was the brits doing.
Considering that the Bitish had a much stronger foundation for settlers obviously means that when territorial wars would be lost between the french and english... also the french didn't buy slaves from africa... i think a vaste majority of slave owners were british... but i could be wrong about that.
it's also fairly obvious to me that the french and native indians had a close relationship.... because a part of my family is from manitoba and they don't have a problem accepting native indians into their community... also it's rumored that on my fathers side of the family that my grand mother might of been an adopted aboriginal indian. my family who is made up of mostly french people have alot of ties with native indians... my bother is married to one...
also since part of my family is from manitoba there is a great deal of metis in that region which is a mix of white and native indian...
even to this present day i'm totally facinated by native indian culture and their language and how they have carved their roots into their tribes...
it's hard to gt your hands on hardcore facts about this since alot of it has to do with personal experience and Canada's history isn't very long nor is it detailed... i'm pretty sure America is a similar story.
@ Eric France didn't populate North America with enslaved Africans, but they did the Carribean. Saint-Domingue was a giant factory that converted African bodies and lives into sugar.
There were many reasons why New France did not grow rapidly and thus acquire a large population like the British American colonies. One was the fact that the French king (oddly) was worried about depopulating France and thus French administration did not encourage immigration.
I have a white friend with the last name "Duval". I thought it was Latin but not quite Spanish and googled it and it's French
Thanks for posting this. Pretty good.
A French-Canadian
Hey Matt, why have you started teaching, no more "Jason Bourne" movies? LOL. Good video, thank you.
Another great video. The French were very French in their settlement, dealings with the tribes, and subsequent losing of their North American empire. Out of curiosity, what program do you use to get the picture inserts? I've tried a few, but have found most to be too cumbersome or they eat up my computer's memory and make it impossible to do anything.
Reading Through History I use PowerDirector, but have used Camtasia Studio in the past. I just bought a new computer with an i7 processor. I was having trouble editing video on my old computer - same problem as you. Making videos is an expensive habit!
Is your new computer a Mac?
How do you discuss New France and not even mention the Filles du Roi?
The Filles du Roi is a very minor episode in the great span of the history of New France.
@@EdinburghFive No it was instrumental in it's growth.Not to mention the Fille de Marier who came first whom I'm decended from many. These women had families of 10/13/15 and some 25 children.Their children did the same and so in.Othet than Iceland,Canada had the biggest population explosion for any colony.80% to 2/3 of french Canadians are related by blood and ancestry,some a few times.
Those women are your founding mothers and Grandmother's.Many of us are decended from 5 super couples from about 1605 .The fille de Roy woman were very important and instrumental in our history and growth.
Exactly!⚜️
@@jacquesrenou2850 Good to hear from you. You may have misunderstood my post. I did not say the Filles du Roi were not important but stated this episode within Quebec history was a minor thing.
On a point though - as the colony of Quebec did not exist in 1605 there were no "5 super couples". That you mention. It appears your 1605 is perhaps a typo.
@tom Richey- the background music is horrendous . Would be nice if you changed it
This is quite interesting, I too have French and Native American ancestry.
Very nice video but would have liked a bit more detail about why there was the delay in sending more explorers and battles with the British in Canada.
How did the French rule New France as they settled? I understand that they had a friendly relationship with the Indians due to the trade, but what was their political standing?
+samanta errera I guess they didn't really "rule" it, per se - at least not far outside the walls of their settlements. Part of the problem with New France is they never established sovereignty over the territory they claimed.
Because they were broke af.
The French made alliances with some native groups and waged war with others. They also enslaved a large number of Indians (see Marcel Trudel's work on this topic).
@@EdinburghFive yeah like english. they killed
Hey@@Unpseudopascommelesautres - As did the French, as did the Spanish, as did the Indigenous groups to each other. The English do not have an exclusive on subjugation of other people. Besides look at who you accuse of being British or English and you'll find many of these so called British/English were not - they were Scots, Germans, Irish and as colonization continued people from all over Europe and elsewhere. All these people took the land and subjugated the indigenous people. After the end of the Seven Years War you'll find that the relation between British officials and Indigenous were quite good. The British authority was trying to constrain American advancement west into Indigenous territory but the colonial Americans were having none of that. After the US declared independence the British continued to try to protect the Indigenous people from American moving westward over the Appalachians.
I take it you may be of French background. If that is the case take a closer look at French imperialism and you will find murder, repression, slavery, cultural destruction, etc. on a mass scale in French colonies around the globe in the past. And some of that past is not that long ago.
Hello Richey. Just out of curiosity, were you raised as a Catholic?
You completely ignored the system of French settlement in the St Lawrence River Valley. These were not trading posts. These were extensive farm settlements, towns, and the administrative centre of France's trade networks with the indigenous people.
I love it what is your secret between them and how you know by using General Patton's analogy
Great video, now i have a better understanding why french isn't as dominat as i thought it should be... i knew the french occupied a large part of Canada and America but it's the lack of settlers that made it difficult to conquor. and maintain the occupied land. great stuff... it also explains the massive acceptace and bonds the french have with natives indians. it's a shame there wasn't more to this, but i understand that Canada's history is fairly short and straight to the point.
awesome video.... i truely loved it. it'd also love to see more about native indian tongues and culture... but i'm sure this is something that's hard to learn with the lack of written information that's available. native indian culture is really amazing we touched a little bit of it in high school, but it wasn't in great detail because again the lack of information.
Canada's history is hardly short or straight forward. How do you think it is "short and straightforward"?
I think it was a good video. I am going to show it to my 5th graders. It is succinct and has the info they need and not all that other stuff in the book they don't need. I really like the chart too.
5:49 Did the french have a better relationship with the natives than the dutch? As you said that in the video of the Dutch that they didn't try to convert for them for example.
I had my DNA checked and they said that I was 30% French 30% German and some English some Irish and a little African. I was told many times that my mother's father was 100 % Cherokee. Why didn't it show up on my DNA? Was it the French part that did?
Many people have family myths about indigenous ancestors. In most cases it just is not true. Many French people in North America assume they have indigenous ancestry and many in fact do but it is from so long ago (1600s) that the DNA is very low, usually 1% or less. The Cherokee tribe is from southeastern areas of the US and somewhat removed from areas of early colonial French influence. The Cherokee were allies with the British.
@J OneLifeYes, like the Acadians - some Acadians do have a bit of Mi'kmaq ancestry. It tends to be from very few marriages and from a very long time ago. Given the Acadian community is quiet small all the families are related to each other somehow or another over the four hundred years. This makes those who do have a small about of Mi'kmaq ancestry, related to the very same small group of indigenous women who married French men. This practice of intermarriage was not widespread and also just thought sheer population growth was impossible to sustain. The Acadian population grew rapidly whereas the Mi'kmaq tended to move away from the French settlements and their population dropped due to disease, etc.
I love your videos and I wouldn't be getting through APUSH without them but I've just gotta ask... what is the dancing like a penguin picture in your background?? I'm assuming is from your child and I think that's adorable but I also couldn't stop staring at it for the whole video XD
Addressing the issues of racism in French society, the relationship with capitalist French companies, and the perception of criticizing France, let's analyze these points further.
1. Racism in French Society:
Addressing the issue: Acknowledging the existence of racism in French society is crucial. Efforts should be made to combat systemic issues, promote diverse representation, and foster an inclusive environment. This includes addressing historical injustices, improving access to education and job opportunities, and supporting initiatives that fight against discrimination.
2. Relationship with Capitalist French Companies:
Critiquing Capitalism vs. French Companies: It's essential to differentiate between criticizing the capitalist system and targeting specific French companies. Criticizing the capitalist system can lead to positive changes in business practices, while unfairly targeting French companies may not be productive. Instead, focus on promoting responsible business practices, encouraging transparency, and supporting companies that align with social and environmental values.
3. Perception of Criticizing France:
Constructive Criticism vs. Negativity: Criticizing a country or its policies doesn't necessarily mean being anti-French. It's possible to express concerns about specific issues while still appreciating and respecting French culture, history, and people. Engaging in constructive dialogue and offering suggestions for improvement can lead to a more positive and productive conversation.
In summary, addressing racism in French society requires continuous efforts to promote inclusion and combat systemic issues. In terms of the relationship with capitalist French companies, it's crucial to differentiate between criticizing the system and targeting specific companies. Lastly, criticizing France should not be equated with negativity but rather seen as an opportunity for constructive dialogue and improvement.
T'as pas rapport pauvre nouille!
Tu te rend pas compte de ça!!!
Love the music
Thank you so much! Helped a lot for my homework.
We had a beautiful land before the settlers came here
I sure
I’m sure
Also great warlords that were as barbaric as any European.
Cope
@@forrestgump6065 Yes the Iroquois were as well as other tribes.
Any information on the first contact between france and iroquois and battles afterwards
The Iroquois fought the French for the better part of a century, and nearly destroyed the colony.
Would like to know more about the French women in New France. DNA shows that I am descended from those first women. I guess not all French men married Native Amsricans
There's bound to be some men that brought their family with them and a couple of families must have set shop there (probably around the sea areas). But considering it was a low female density area that was considered adventurous/dangerous chances are a lot of European women there might have been prostitutes. This is mostly speculative and I hope you don't take as an insult as that is certainly not my intention.
There were more than a few European women who came to Quebec and it is insulting to say "...a lot of European women there might have been prostitutes.". It is true there was an imbalance in Quebec of men to women. To try to rectify the situation France sent about 800 women to France in the 1660s and 1670s. These were known as the "filles du roi". Others came as well and as time went by there would of course be female offspring of the settlers.
@@ankhi3585 France and the Catholic church did not tolerate or send prostitutes to Canada.If a woman was of questionable morals,she was deported.However,many prostituutes as well as prisoners were sent to New Orleans.These are facts! Our woman that came as Fille s Marier and Fille du Roi had to have a sponsor,a letter from their parish preist or government officials.
Thank you so much I had lots of help watching this
Fun fact, the man writing this comment is a descendant of some of the original settlers of Montreal.
What about the scalping why was that so valuable to scalp someone that was started by the French
Very helpful thank you much sir!
Tom what part of Louisiana are you from ? Crowley ?
after reading these comments, many of them say affirmative to him. im convinced of that the american dont share the sensitive part of their history, the viewpoint of which would sometimes change according to their regions.
You should really stop calling them Indians because they are not Indians (they are not from India) they are from America and are called Native Americans. I don't believe that you meant any harm, but it is very offensive to some and I strongly suggest that you use the correct term instead of calling them Indians.
No one misunderstands the word 'Indian' used in this context. There are a number of correct references to the original peoples of the New World - Indian, Native American, Indigenous, or the actual tribal name of the specific people/person.
Quebec is the only French Nation left in the Americas
nop
Then where else?
@@guyp9596 I don't know what you call french nation but i think New Brunswick, Maine, Louisiana, Iowa have some people who speak french so
What! How about Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, etc.
4:10. The Revenant.
what about the huguenots and the french nobility title in Quebec canada?
i dont think it was for money power but for freedom
and for native wife you need alot of study to make
When New France was settled it was a period in France of relative peace between the Catholics and Huguenots. The Edict of Nantes was in effect until 1685. The Huguenots had a large merchant class and being located along the Atlantic coast of France knew about and were involved in trade with New France. It only made sense that some moved there to expand and oversee their business interests in the colony.
@J OneLife That is interesting.
Hey Tom, question; did the French that came to continental America intermarry with the Native women to the extent that the Spanish had?
+You Can't Handle The Truth you are crazy man are you even quebecois? most have brown hair sure but blue eyes ( immigrants excluded)
go to saguenay you will see a lot of blue eyes
In northern ontario theres still alot of mixing that continues today. Lots of french and natives/metis in northern ontario and so many are mixed in relationships, white french and native couples is not taboo but normal it's been like this for generations probably going back to new france.
great video
Excellent video.
my ancestor is Zacharie Cloutier Born in 1590
Mine as well,he and his wife were one of 5 super couples from 1605 early 1600's that were founding families and many french Canadians are decended from.⚜️💙
Sang français. Interesting, Thxs.
Great video.
Also, You look like john cena.
Kewl~! now were there also French Missions or mostly forts in their territories?
that is not entirely true. While the number of colonists was low in comparison to the english, they did have cities. Montreal, Quebec, New Orleans and Luisbourg weren't that much smaller than Boston or Philadelphia. And they did have an identity. The Illinois country was colonized by people from french Canada, or American French people. And while they didn't colonize all the area they claimed, they knew it very well. One great example is thet "prairie" is indeed a french word. Moreover, when French Louisiana was conquered by spain, french people didn't go away. They continued to rule the fur trade, for spain that time. And they explored all the rocky mountains. I'm talking about french people from french america, not from europe....the first people to go up to the Red River were french, Sacagawea's father was a french man!!!! The truth is, french colonization in North america was far from being sporadic and left a significant impact on the culture of the USA as well!
They’re not Indians!!!!!! NATIVE AMERICANS!!!!!
Amérindiens = Amérique, Européens = Europe, Asiatique = Asie, Afrique = Africain😉