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Article #4633Re: need help for my lecture
From: peterkr
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 00:00
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In article <1dft8nz.2boho7irn5j4N@96-g2.kingston.net>, ik0583@kingston.net (David McMurray) wrote: > <peterkr@ms.com> wrote: > > [...] > > > An interesting theory is the affect of geography on the > > settlement of north America. Since the French landed on > > the continent primerily to the north, near to what would > > become the US-Canadian border, they had access to the > > Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrenece Seaway. This allowed > > them to easily move westward and then southward when they hit > > the Finger Lakes and the Ohio River. But it also caused > > them to form impermanent settlements. > In what sense do you consider French settlement in North America to have > been "impermanent"? > Impermanent in the sense that they were set up as way- stations for further explorations and to be used as stopping-off places for trappers and traders. Impermanent to the extent that farms did not have to be established in order to live in a one area for generations. HTH Pjk -----== Posted via Deja News, The Leader in Internet Discussion ==----- http://www.dejanews.com/rg_mkgrp.xp Create Your Own Free Member Forum
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