1630s in Canada explained

Events from the 1630s in Canada.

Events

• 1631: Charles de la Tour builds Fort La Tour (also known as Fort Saint Marie) at the mouth of the Saint John River.^{[1] [2]}
• 1632: British lose control of Acadia through the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, which returns Quebec to France.^{[3] [4]}
• 1632: Isaac de Razilly sails from France with 300 people hoping to establish a permanent French settlement in Acadia.^{[5] [6]}
• 1632: Starting this year, Dutch colonists begin to demand more farmlands.^{[7] [8]}
• 1633–: English and French settlers enlist mainland Indians, mostly Micmac to massacre Beothuk people of Newfoundland, who are now extinct. "Red" Indian apparently derives from these people, who painted their bodies with red ochre. Shanawdithit, the last Beothuk, died in 1829. Little is known of their customs, language, religion. Beothuk was not likely their tribal self-name.^{[9] [10] [11]}
• 1633–35: New smallpox outbreaks among Indians of New England, New France, and New Netherland.
• 1633: David Kirke is knighted.^{[12] [13]}
• 1634–40: The Huron nation is reduced by half from European diseases (smallpox epidemic, 1639).^{[14] [15] [16]}
• 1634: The trade settlement at Trois-Rivières is founded.^{[17] [18] [19]}
• c. 1635: English fishing interests secure a virtual prohibition on efforts to colonize Newfoundland.^{[20] [21]}
• 1636–37: Pequot War in New England against the English (Niantics, Narragansetts later joined). Capt. John Mason burnt sleeping Pequot village at Mystic River, pinning the people inside the flames by gunfire, killing more than 600 people in a surprise attack. Mohawks behead fleeing Pequot leaders to prove they were not involved.^{[22] [23] [24]}
• 1636: French crown grants Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy to d'Aulnay; La Tour gets Nova Scotia peninsula.^{[25] [26] [27]}
• 1637: David Kirke is named first governor of Newfoundland.^{[28] [29] [30]}
• 1639: Marie de l'Incarnation founds an Ursuline convent and a school for French and Indian girls in the settlement of Quebec.^{[31] [32] [33]}
• 1639: Smallpox epidemic decimates Huron people; population reduced by 50%.
• 1639: Dutch governor-general William Kieft adopts policy of exterminating the hostile Indians and taxing the rest. Dutch soldiers aid Mohawk allies to carry out Pavonia massacre, where Dutch soldiers played kickball with the heads of the women and children refugees they had killed.^{[34] [35] [36]}
• 1639: The Jesuit mission of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is established at Wendake.^[37]

See also

• List of French forts in North America
• Former colonies and territories in Canada
• List of North American settlements by year of foundation
• Timeline of the European colonization of North America
• History of Canada
• Timeline of Canada history
• List of years in Canada

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fort La Tour Historical Marker . 2023-01-31 . www.hmdb.org . en.
2. Web site: Fort La Tour National Historic Site of Canada . 2023-01-31 . www.pc.gc.ca . en.
3. Web site: Biography – KIRKE, SIR DAVID – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-01-31 . www.biographi.ca.
4. Web site: Archives . The National . 2019-09-09 . The National Archives - Milestones to peace: The Treaty of St. Germain-en-Laye . 2023-01-31 . The National Archives blog . en-GB.
5. Web site: Governor Of Acadia . 2023-01-31 . doucetfamily.org.
6. Web site: History of Acadia The Canadian Encyclopedia . 2023-01-31 . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
7. Web site: Kinderhook . Mailing Address: Martin Van Buren NHS 1013 Old Post Road . Us . NY 12106-3605 Phone: [phone] x2040 Contact . The Rise and Fall of New Netherland - Martin Van Buren National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service) . 2023-01-31 . www.nps.gov . en.
8. Web site: New Amsterdam Colony: Capital of New Netherland Colony . 2023-01-31 . study.com.
9. Web site: Joseph . Bob . The Beothuk and how European contact led to their extinction . 2023-01-31 . www.ictinc.ca . en-us.
10. Web site: The History of the Newfoundland Mi'kmaq . 2023-01-31 . www.heritage.nf.ca.
11. Web site: Beothuk The Canadian Encyclopedia . 2023-01-31 . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
12. Web site: Kirke, Sir David . 2023-01-31 . www.heritage.nf.ca.
13. Web site: Biography – KIRKE, SIR DAVID – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . 2023-01-31 . www.biographi.ca.
14. Web site: Tribes - Native Voices . 2023-01-31 . www.nlm.nih.gov.
15. Web site: Smallpox and The End of the Huron Nation . 2023-01-31 . www3.sympatico.ca.
16. Warrick . Gary . 2003 . European Infectious Disease and Depopulation of the Wendat-Tionontate (Huron-Petun) . World Archaeology . 35 . 2 . 258–275 . 10.1080/0043824032000111416 . 3560226 . 161962386 . 0043-8243.
17. Web site: A point in history... . 2023-01-31 . www.apointinhistory.net.
18. Web site: HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca . 2023-01-31 . www.historicplaces.ca.
19. Web site: Canada - The Company of New France Britannica . 2023-01-31 . www.britannica.com . en.
20. Web site: The English Migratory Fishery and Trade in the 17th Century . 2023-01-31 . www.heritage.nf.ca.
21. Web site: Colonization and Settlement: 1600-1830 . 2023-01-31 . www2.grenfell.mun.ca.
22. Web site: The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation . 2023-02-01 . www.mptn-nsn.gov.
23. Web site: Mark . Joshua J. . Mystic Massacre of 1637 . 2023-02-01 . World History Encyclopedia . en.
24. Web site: May 26, 1637: Pequot Massacre . 2023-02-01 . Zinn Education Project . en-US.
25. Web site: Acadian Historical Timeline . 2023-02-01 . Acadian Genealogy - Historical Acadian-Cajun Resources . en-US.
26. Web site: THE ACADIANS OF LOUISIANA . 2023-02-01 . www.acadiansingray.com.
27. Web site: TERRIOT ACADIAN FAMILY SOCIETY: Acadian History Time-Line . 2023-02-01 . www.terriau.org.
28. Web site: Sir David Kirke and the Newfoundland Plantation . 2023-02-01 . www.heritage.nf.ca.
29. Web site: Sir David Kirke The Canadian Encyclopedia . 2023-02-01 . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
30. Web site: David Kirke and the Pool Plantation - History - Colony of Avalon . 2023-02-01 . www.heritage.nf.ca.
31. Web site: Mother Marie Teaching Indian Children . 2023-02-01 . www.cwjefferys.ca.
32. Web site: www.ixmedia.com . Articles Encyclopédie du patrimoine culturel de l'Amérique française – histoire, culture, religion, héritage . 2023-02-01 . www.ameriquefrancaise.org . fr.
33. Web site: Marie de l'Incarnation The Canadian Encyclopedia . 2023-02-01 . www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
34. Web site: History . J. C. . Library Guides: William Kieft (1638-1646): William Kieft (1638-1646) . 2023-02-01 . njcu.libguides.com . en.
35. Web site: The Twelve Men and Director Kieft's Indian War . 2023-02-01 . Historical Society of the New York Courts . en-US.
36. Web site: CANADIAN NATIVE NATIONS -- Royal Proclamation and English Treaties . 2023-02-01 . www.tep-online.info.
37. Web site: HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca . 2022-11-27 . www.historicplaces.ca.