Examples of Samuel de Champlain in the following topics:
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French Colonialization
- France did make some unsuccessful attempts at colonization in Brazil, first in 1555 at Rio de Janeiro ("France Antarctique") and latter in 1612 at São Luís ("France Équinoxiale").
- Several years later, in 1608, Samuel De Champlain founded Quebec, which was to become the capital of the enormous, but sparsely settled, fur-trading colony of New France.
- Champlain founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608.
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The French Empire
- Samuel de Champlain began the first permanent settlement of New France and Quebec City in present-day Canada and created a prosperous trade with the Native Americans for beaver pelts and other animal hides.
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European Empires in North America
- After the forming of Nueva Cádiz in Venezuela and Santa Cruz on the present-day Guajira peninsula, explorers led by Vasco Núez de Balboa conquered areas on the coast of present-day Colombia in 1502.
- The Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de Leon traveled to the New World on Columbus' second voyage.
- European explorers arrived at Río de la Plata in 1516.
- A second and permanent settlement was established in 1580, by Juan de Garay.
- Samuel de Champlain began the first permanent settlement of New France and Quebec City in present-day Canada and created a prosperous trade with the American Indians for beaver pelts and other animal hides.
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New France and Louisiana
- Samuel Champlain was named governor of New France.
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Fort Ticonderoga
- Seven days later, Arnold and 50 men boldly raided Fort Saint-Jean on the Richelieu River in southern Quebec, seizing military supplies, cannons, and the largest military vessel on Lake Champlain.
- De Costa; C.
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Regulation
- Pro-labor Progressives, such as Samuel Gompers, argued that industrial monopolies were unnatural economic institutions that suppressed the competition that was necessary for progress and improvement.
- Progressives, such as Benjamin Parke De Witt, argued that in a modern economy, large corporations, and even monopolies, were both inevitable and desirable.
- After 1907, the American Federation of Labor, under Samuel Gompers, moved to demand legal reforms that would support labor unions.
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The Battle of New Orleans
- Then the main attack, directly against the earthworks manned by the vast majority of American troops, would be launched in two columns (along the river led by Keane and along the swamp line led by Major General Samuel Gibbs).
- 1815 painting of the battle by participant Jean Hyacinthe de Laclotte of the Louisiana Militia based on his memories and sketches made at the site.
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The Haymarket Affair
- August Spies , editor of the German-language Arbeiter-Zeitung ("Workers' Times"), spoke to a crowd estimated variously between 600 and 3,000 while standing in an open wagon adjacent to the square on Des Plaines Street.
- Parsons spoke for almost an hour before standing down in favor of the last speaker of the evening, Samuel Fielden , who delivered a brief 10 minute address.
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The Great Steel Strike
- The chaos and violence resulting from this strike led to a wave of de-unionization.
- Samuel Gompers and other AFL leaders held a nativist view of the unskilled immigrants working in steel plants.
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The Varieties of Progressivism
- Pro-labor Progressives such as Samuel Gompers argued that industrial monopolies were unnatural economic institutions that suppressed the competition necessary for progress and improvement.
- Progressives such as Benjamin Parke DeWitt argued that in a modern economy, large corporations and even monopolies were both inevitable and desirable.