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Marie
de l'Incarnation
Marie
de L'Incarnation was
an Ursuline nun who left the comforts of France to go and
carry out her life in New France. She taught the French and
aboriginal girls to read, write, and about God. She loved
her work and died happily at 73, doing what she loved best.
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Jean
Talon
Jean Talon
was
the first intendant of New France! He was also known as the
Great Intendant! He was a very intelligent man. Jean Talon
worked very hard to keep New France safe from invasion.
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Pierre
de la Verendrye
Pierre
de La
Verendrye
was a very
talented explorer in his time and had tons of huge
accomplishments in his exploring career. His most
important accomplishment would be; that he found a
back door leading to the heart of the fur trade
that launched a battle of mastery of the west which
would last hundreds of years.
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Frontenac
Louis
de Baude de Frontenac
was the Governor of New France, much like the
governor-general we have today. In fact, it was
Frontenac that got the Governor's title to change
from Governor to Governor General because he served
in the king's army before he was appointed the
Governor of New France.
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Francois
de Laval
François
de Laval
was a man of many dreams and talents. Throughout
his life he became a Priest, and a Bishop,
achieving his dream.
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Marie
de l'Incarnation
Marie
de l'Incarnation
was a nun of the ursiline order. She started her ministry in
France but then transferred it over to New France. She was the
first French women to step foot in New France. She was very
successful throughout her life.
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Pierre
Du Gua, sieur de Monts
As
Pierre Du Gua Sieur De Monts
grew up
as a merchant for King Henry, he had many
interesting connections. These connections gave him
the opportunity to become one of the most famous
colonists in New France. The opportunity was
granted to him in 1604.
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de
Jumonville
Joseph
Coulon de
Jumonville
was an ensign in the French military. He was
ordered by a superior to deliver a message to
British troops, but he did not. This resulted in
the Seven-Year War between the French and the
British.
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Marie
Marguerite D'Youville
Marie
Marguerite D'Youville,
the founder of the
Grey Nuns, was the First Canadian to be elevated to
Sainthood. As widowed mother of 2, she struggled
through the hardships of poverty, yet she still
devotes her life to serving God and helping the
unfortunate.
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Louis
Hebert
Louis
Hebert
was much
more then the man of the first, he was the great
habitant to have lived. He was a courageous hard
working man who would spend most of his time
working in the hot boiling sun,without a quench of
thought what would happen to
him.
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