Jacques Cartier

(noun)

Jacques Cartier (December 31, 1491 – September 1, 1557) was a French explorer of Breton origin who claimed what is now Canada for France.

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  • Samuel de Champlain
  • New France

Examples of Jacques Cartier in the following topics:

  • French Explorers

    • In 1534, Francis sent Jacques Cartier on the first of three voyages to explore the coast of Newfoundland and the St.
    • Cartier founded New France by planting a cross on the shore of the Gaspé Peninsula.
    • New France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period beginning with the exploration of the Saint Lawrence Riverby Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Spain and Great Britain in 1763.
    • Portrait of Jacques Cartier by Théophile Hamel (1844), Library and Archives Canada (there are no known paintings of Cartier that were created during his lifetime).
    • In 1534, Jacques Cartier planted a cross in the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the land in the name of King Francis I. 
  • The French Empire

    • Later, in 1534, Francis sent Jacques Cartier on the first of three voyages to explore the coast of Newfoundland and the St.
    • Cartier attempted to create the first permanent European settlement in North America at Cap-Rouge (Quebec City) in 1541 with 400 settlers, but the settlement was abandoned the next year after bad weather and native attacks.
    • Cartier explored the St.
  • French Colonialization

    • French colonial expansion began in the early 16th century, with the voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier.
  • European Empires in North America

    • Later, in 1534, Francis sent Jacques Cartier on the first of three voyages to explore the coast of Newfoundland and the St.
    • Cartier attempted to create the first permanent European settlement in North America at Cap-Rouge (Quebec City) in 1541 with 400 settlers, but the settlement was abandoned the next year after bad weather and native attacks.
  • New France and Louisiana

    • In 1534, Jacques Cartier claimed the first province of New France.
  • Exploration and Conquest of the New World

    • Jacques Cartier undertook a voyage to present-day Canada for the French government, where they began the settlement of New France, developing the fur industry and fostering a more respectful relationship with many of the inhabitants.
  • Neoclassical Architecture

    • The first phase of Neoclassicism in France is expressed in the "Louis XVI style" of architects like Ange-Jacques Gabriel (Petit Trianon, 1762–68).
    • Ange-Jacques Gabriel was the Premier Architecte at Versailles, and his Neoclassical designs for the royal palace dominated mid eighteenth-century French architecture.
    • However, during the French Revolution, the Panthéon was secularized and became the resting place of Enlightenment icons such as Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
    • Designer Jacques-Germain Soufflot had the intention of combining the lightness and brightness of the Gothic cathedral with classical principles, but its role as a mausoleum required the great Gothic windows to be blocked.
  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Francophone Genevan philosopher and writer, whose conceptualization of social contract, theory of natural human, and works on education greatly influenced the political, philosophical, and social Western tradition.
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer.
    • His mother died several days after he was born and after his father remarried a few years later, Jean-Jacques was left with his maternal uncle, who packed him, along with his own son, away to board for two years with a Calvinist minister in a hamlet outside Geneva.
    • Jean-Jacques Rousseau, portrait by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, ca. 1753.
  • Architecture

    • The first phase of neoclassicism in France is expressed in the "Louis XVI style" of architects like Ange-Jacques Gabriel (Petit Trianon, 1762–68).
    • Ange-Jacques Gabriel was the Premier Architecte at Versailles, and his neoclassical designs for the royal palace dominated mid eighteenth-century French architecture .
    • Château of the Petit Trianon in the park at Versailles, designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, demonstrating the neoclassical architectural style under Louis XVI.
  • Chicago/Turabian (Author–Date): How to Reference Different Types of Sources

    • Rottweiler, Frank, and Jacques Beauchemin.
    • Rottweiler, Frank, and Jacques Beauchemin.
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