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  2. The Jesuit Relations - Wikipedia

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    Jesuit missionaries had to write annual reports to their superior in Québec or Montréal as an account of their activities. Annually, between 1632 and 1673, the superior compiled a narrative or "Relation" of the most important events which had occurred in the several missionary districts under his charge, sometimes using the exact words of the missionaries and sometimes summarizing the ...

  3. Jesuit Missions amongst the Huron - Wikipedia

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    The Jesuit missionaries who came to New France in the seventeenth century aimed to both convert native peoples such as the Huron to Christianity and also to instill European values within them. [10] Jesuit planners believed that by creating European social institutions and patterns, conversion would become easier: linking European lifestyle as ...

  4. Jesuit missions in North America - Wikipedia

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    Map of New France (Champlain, 1612). Jesuit missions in North America were attempted in the late 16th century, established early in the 17th century, faltered at the beginning of the 18th, disappeared during the suppression of the Society of Jesus around 1763, and returned around 1830 after the restoration of the Society.

  5. Colonial history of Missouri - Wikipedia

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    The Genesis of Missouri: From Wilderness Outpost to Statehood (University of Missouri Press, 1989) Gardner, James A. "The Business Career of Moses Austin in Missouri, 1798-1821." Missouri Historical Review (1956) 50#3 pp 235–47. Gitlin, Jay. The bourgeois frontier: French towns, French traders, and American expansion (Yale University Press, 2009)

  6. File:The Jesuit relations and allied documents (Volume 52).pdf

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    This file is in PDF format. Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format created by Adobe Systems for document exchange.PDF is used for representing two-dimensional documents in a manner independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system.

  7. Jean de Brébeuf - Wikipedia

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    Jean de Brébeuf SJ (French: [ʒɑ̃ də bʁe.bœf]) (25 March 1593 – 16 March 1649) was a French Jesuit missionary who travelled to New France (Canada) in 1625. There he worked primarily with the Huron for the rest of his life, except for a few years in France from 1629 to 1633.

  8. New France - Wikipedia

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    A map of New France made by Samuel de Champlain in 1612. In 1534, Jacques Cartier planted a cross in the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the land in the name of King Francis I. [33] It was the first province of New France. The first settlement of 400 people, Fort Charlesbourg-Royal (present-day Quebec City), was attempted in 1541 but lasted only ...

  9. List of Seigneuries of New France - Wikipedia

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    Starting in 1627, it was the New France Company "Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France" who administered New France. Saint-Joseph (1626) Godefroy (1633) Hertel (1633) de Beauport (1634) des Jésuites (1634) La Clousterie (1634) Du Buisson (1634) La Citière (1635) de la Côte-de-Beaupré (1636) de l'Île de Montréal (1636) Île-Jésus (1636)