Advantages and disadvantages

Key Figures Prior to 1750
Religious leaders
Sister Marguerite d’Youville
Sister Marie de l’Incarnation
Bishop François de Laval
Saint Jean de Brébeuf
Saint Issac Jogues
Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys
Political leaders
Comte de Frontenac
Jean Talon
Dollard Des Ormeaux
Chief Donnacona
Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve
Marquis de Montcalm
David Kirke
Entrepreneurs
Marie-Anne Barbel
Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Médard Chouart Des Grosseilliers
Louis Hébert
Pierre Gaultier, Sieur de La Vérendrye
Pierre Du Gua de Monts
Explorers
Samuel de Champlain
Jacques Cartier
Étienne Brûlé
René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle
Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
Jean Nicollet
Henry Kelsey
Henry Hudson
Community-minded people
Thanadelthur
Marie-Joseph Angélique
Jeanne Mance
Madeleine de Verchères
René Goupil
Nicolas Perrot
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© 2006 Alberta Education (www.learnalberta.ca)
Adapted from Ruth Sandwell, Catriona Misfeldt and Roland Case, eds., Early Contact
and Settlement in New France (Vancouver, BC: The Critical Thinking Consortium,
2002). Permission granted by The Critical Thinking Consortium for use by Alberta
teachers.
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