The first colony (1540-1543)

• Jean François de La Rocque sieur de Roberval

  • A Huguenot
  • General lieutenant of Canada
  • Jacques Cartier is the captain of the fleet
  • Settlement at Cap-Rouge near Quebec
  • He has the right to construct churches and temples
  • The colony will fall from famine, sickness and the hostility of the Indians

• Roberval
  

Notes:

• The first colony (1540-1543)
  

• In 1540, Jean-François de La Rocque sieur de Roberval will obtain the title of general-lieutenant of Canada. Roberval is a Huguenot. The captain of the fleet will be Jacques-Cartier.

• It is interesting to note that his commission give him the right to construct , forts, churches and temples. It let supposed that both religions can have their institutions.

• Roberval will recruit a part of his settlers in the French jails. The settlement took place at Cap Rouge near the actual Quebec city.

• Famine, sickness and the hostility of the Indians will bring an end to the settlement.

• Cartier return to France with what he thinks are gold and diamonds. It will appear that he as brought back Iron pyrites and Quartz. The expression “False as a Canadian diamond will spread at the court. The disappointment is so important that it will take fifty years to France interested again in Canada.