New France

Robert Livesey

Description

Meet some of the brave men and women who first settled the New World and helped found the colony of New France—Cartier, Marie La Tour, La Salle and Madeleine de Verchères.
Find out how they worked, dressed, ate and survived in their adopted land. Read about the King's Daughters, who came over from Europ on Bride's Ships, and about the powerful seigneurs, who ruled vast domains along the St. Lawrence River.
LEARN AND HAVE FUN!
•Make and Asrtolabe
•Play the game Conquering North America
•Build a fort
•And much, much more...

Sujets

• France
• History
• New France
• New
• Histoire
• Pre-Confederation
• guide
• Discovering Canada

Informations

• Publié par: Éditions des Plaines
• Date de parution: 01 octobre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781989282366
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

Extrait

DISCOVERING CANADA

New France

ROBERT LIVESEY & A . G. SMITH

Text copyright © 1990 by Robert Livesey lllustrations copyright © 1990 by A. G. Smith Cover illustration © Wes Lowe

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews and articles. Pages 16-21, 28-31, 39-41,46- 52, 64-64, 70-71,82-83 may be photocopied for classroom use.

All inquiries should be addressed to Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited,195 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario, L3R 4T8 First published in 1990 by Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited

Published in Canada by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 195 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario L3R 4T8

Published in the United States by Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 311 Washington Street, Brighton, Massachusetts 02135

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Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data

Livesey, Robert, 1940-New France (Discovering Canada) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-7737-5341-9

1. Canada - History - To 1763 (New France) - Juvenile literature. 2. Canada - Discovery and exploration - French - Juvenile literature. 3. Canada - Social conditions - To 1763 - Juvenile literature. I. Smith, A. G. (Albert Gray), 1945-II. Title. III. Series: Livesey, Robert, 1940 - Discovering Canada.

FC305.L58 1990 j971.01 C90-093506-5 F1030.L58 1990

Fitzhenry & Whiteside acknowledges with thanks the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council for their support of our publishing program. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CBF) for our publishing activities.

Printed and bound in Canada by Webcom

To Betty and Edna, with love

Special thanks to Sister Jean Livesey, Sister Teres a Burgess, Beverley Sotolov-Anderson, Darlene Money, the librarians at the Oakville Public Library, the Sheridan College Library and the Unive rsity of Windsor Library for their help in producing this book.

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Table of Contents

Introduction

CHAPTERS

Chapter 1 Father of New France Chapter 2 Battle for Acadia Chapter 3 The Giant Black Robe Chapter 4 Battle at Long Sault Chapter 5 The Great Intendant Chapter 6 Searching for China Chapter 7 Young Heroine Chapter 8 The Plains of Abraham

Index