Biography of John Cabot

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Samuel de Champlain was born to seafaring family. He is considered the father of New France. Champlain made is first voyage to the New France in 1603. On that voyage he was a member of a crew that sailed up the St Lawrence headed by Francois Grave Dupont. He had no official position on that trip, but he surveyed the river and on his return to France published an account of the voyage. In 1604 Champlain returned to New France with Siuer de Monts who planned to establish a settlement in Acadia. Champlain was given the responsibility of finding a suitable location for a permanent settlement. Champlain explored south along the coast of New England. The leaders of Acadia could not agree on a location of a settlement. Finally decided to establish the settlement at Quebec. The location was considered excellent as it could control the fur trade with the interior. Champlain established the settlement a Quebec. He established alliances with local Indians tribes such as the Huron and the Montagnais. He supported the Huron's in a war against the Iroquois. Champlain was committed to making Quebec the center of a French empire in the New World.