1660s in Canada

1660s in Canada

"See also:"
1650s in Canada,
other events of the 1660s,
1670s in Canada and the
list of 'years in Canada'.

----

Events

* 1649-64: the Beaver Wars: Encouraged by the English, and the need for more beaver for trade (their own area being hunted out), Haudenosee (Iroquois) make war on Hurons (1649), Tobaccos (1649), Neutrals (1650-51), Erie (1653-56), Ottawa (1660), Illinois and Miami (1680-84), and members of the Mahican confederation. English, pleased with this, agree to 2-Row Wampum Peace treaty, 1680.
* 1660s-70s French compete with Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and British fur traders out of New York.
* 1660-64: In 1660, Dutch governor-general Peter Stuyvesant decides to hold Indian children hostage for the behavior of increasingly angry tribespeople. Hostages sold into Caribbean plantation slavery.
* 1660: English Navigation Act prohibits foreigners from trading with English colonies.
* 1660: Adam Dollard des Ormeaux and about sixty others withstand an attack by over 500 Iroquois at Long Sault (May). It is traditionally said that the small party fights so well that the Iroquois decide not to attack Montreal.
* 1663: The French Crown takes personal control of Canada from a private company, which becomes a royal province. Louis XIV's brilliant minister J. B. Colbert reorganizes New France directly under royal authority. Administration is divided between a military governor and a more powerful intendant, both ruling from Quebec City but under orders from Paris. The fur trade is granted to a new monopoly, the Company of the West Indies.
* 1663: New France has a population of about 2,000.
* 1663: Laval organizes the Seminaire du Quebec, a college of theology which eventually becomes Université Laval (1852).
* 1664: The British invade and conquer the Dutch at New Amsterdam, renaming it New York. England gains control of New Netherland from the Dutch and become allies and trade partners with the Iroquois.
* 1664: Hans Bernhardt is the first recorded German immigrant.
* 1665-72: Jean Talon (c.1625-94), the first intendant of New France, sets out to establish New France as a prosperous, expanding colony rivaling the thriving English colonies to the south. He invites many new settlers, including young women. He also tries to diversify the economy beyond furs and to build trade with Acadia and the West Indies. Talon is recalled before he can carry out his policies, however.
* 1665: The Carignan-Salières Regiment is sent from France to Quebec to deal with the Iroquois. Many of its members stay on as settlers.
* 1666: The Carignan-Salières Regiment destroys five Mohawk villages, eventually leading to peace between the Iroquois and the French.
* 1667: France, England and the Netherlands sign the Breda Treaty in July and with this England gives Acadia to France.
* 1667 First census of New France records 668 families, totalling 3,215 non-native inhabitants.
* 1668-69: Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Medard Chouart, sieur de Groseilliers, explore west of the St. Lawrence River as far as Lake Superior, plus the Hudson Bay region, for England.
* 1668: The Carignan-Salieres regiment is recalled to France, but several hundred choose to remain behind, many in return for local seigneuries.
* 1669: HBC Ft. Charles, at foot of James Bay, becomes Ft. Rupert.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • cañada — /keuhn yah deuh, yad euh/, n. Chiefly Western U.S. 1. a dry riverbed. 2. a small, deep canyon. [1840 50; < Sp, equiv. to cañ(a) CANE + ada n. suffix] * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural resources …   Universalium

  • Canada — /kan euh deuh/, n. a nation in N North America: a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 29,123,194; 3,690,410 sq. mi. (9,558,160 sq. km). Cap.: Ottawa. * * * Canada Introduction Canada Background: A land of vast distances and rich natural… …   Universalium

  • Canada under British rule (1763–1867) — History of Canada This article is part of a series Timeline …   Wikipedia

  • 1650s in Canada — See also: 1640s in Canada, other events of the 1650s, 1660s in Canada and the list of years in Canada . Events* 1649 64: the Beaver Wars: Encouraged by the English, and the need for more beaver for trade (their own area being hunted out),… …   Wikipedia

  • 1670s in Canada — See also: 1660s in Canada, other events of the 1670s, 1680s in Canada and the list of years in Canada . Events* 1670: Charles II (England) charters Hudson s Bay Company in London. Underwritten by a group of English merchants, HBC is granted trade …   Wikipedia

  • History of Canada — This article is part of a series Timeline …   Wikipedia

  • History of monarchy in Canada — The history of monarchy in Canada stretches from the pre colonial times of Canada through to the present day, though Canada s monarchical status is typically seen as beginning in 1534, with the establishment of New France by King Francis I, [… …   Wikipedia

  • 2005 in Canada — Years in Canada: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Centuries: 20th Century · 21st century · 22nd century Decades: 1970s 1980s  …   Wikipedia

  • 2006 in Canada — Years in Canada: 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Centuries: 20th Century · 21st century · 22nd century Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s  …   Wikipedia

  • 2007 in Canada — Years in Canada: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Centuries: 20th Century · 21st century · 22nd century Decades: 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”