Looking for success just like their European neighbors, the French also made an effort toward overseas expansion. According to the article “Samuel de Champlain Founds the City of Quebec: 1608”, French exploration gave way when a French sailor named Jacques Cartier set sail for North America in 1534. After establishing some relations with native tribes, Cartier wanted to claim this land known as Canada for France.(para.1) Soon after as several French traders visited Canada, they grew a liking to fur and started trading with the native population(para.2). One explorer named Samuel de Champlain, who had already established a colony on St.Croix and Quebec, established the French fur trade under The Company of One Hundred Associates(para.5). According to Stearns, the French had also pushed down from Canada into the Great Lakes region and the Mississippi valley(p.387). In general, the French remarkably gained wealth due to the fur trade and colonization in North