Events from the 1680s in Canada.
Events
edit- 1682: Robert Cavelier, sieur de la Salle reaches the mouth of the Mississippi River and claims the entire Mississippi Valley for France, naming the area Louisiana.[1][2][3]
- 1682: William Penn's treaty with the Delaware begins a period of friendly relations between the Quakers and Indians.[4][5][6]
- 1683: After the death of Louis XIV's brilliant minister, J. B. Colbert, France's interest in the colonies wanes.[7][8][9]
- c. 1685: In North America, the English and French vie for control.[10][11][12][13][14]
- 1685: LaSalle lands at Matagorda Bay, builds Fort St. Louis.[15][16][17][18]
- 1686: Mackinac region, Rooseboom and McGregor open trade but are seized by the French.[19][20]
- 1686: De Troyes and D'Iberville capture three English posts on James Bay (June–July).[21][22][23]
- 1686: King James II and Louis XIV sign neutrality pact handing forts of St. John's and Port Royal back to the French.[24][25]
- 1689–1697: King William's War (American counterpart of the War of the Grand Alliance in Europe) -- Abenakis, Penobscot, other New England tribes, attacked by English and their Iroquois allies. This is the first of the French-English wars for control of North America, continuing to 1763. During these wars, the Iroquois League generally sides with the English, and the Algonquian tribes with the French.[26][27][28]
- 1689: Nicolas Perrot formally claims upper Mississippi region for France.[29]
- 1689, 5 August: A raiding party of 1,500 Iroquois warriors kill 72 French settlers at Lachine in an event known as the Lachine massacre.[30][31][32]
See also
editReferences
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