ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Champlain Among the Mohawk, by David Hackett Fischer
Guiding Questions
How did Champlain’s approach to relations with Native American nations differ in general from that of the English and Spanish?
What was the main obstacle in Champlain’s attempt to establish peace between the Iroquois and their neighbors?
Champlain Among the Mohawk
Teacher-to-Teacher
This article helps provide students with a broader perspective on the early European settlement of North America. It inclines towards a variant of the “great person” theory which the teacher should counter balance with information on the various economic possibilities of European settlements in general. Students should then consider to what extent an impressive individual influenced the course of history.
- Champlain Among The Mohawk, 1609 (Spring 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 1) articles_ah
- Samuel De Champlain Voyages, 1604 historical_documents
- In His Own Words: Samuel de Champlain historical_documents
- Jamestown, Québec, Santa Fe: Three North American Beginnings historical_documents
- L'Amerique Septentrionale 1700 Map by Guilaume Delisle historical_images