Following the examination of indigenous peoples, we now looked at French Europeans and how they settle in the city of Montreal. During this week, I had the opportunity to see the archeological ruins of fort Ville-Marrie at the museum of Pointe a Calliere. The ruins of fort Ville-Marrie was significant as it was where the location of Montreal was founded on May 17, 1642. What was demonstrated in both the museum and the class lecture was the religious and the commercial dynamics that impacted in the early settlement. This was evident as the aims for the French colonizers was to develop a seniority, colonized the lands, collect taxes, convert indigenous peoples and benefit from the lucrative fur trade. However, when examining the many artifacts and the stories being told in the exhibit I …show more content…
This was evident that the location of fort Ville-Marrie was on the border between rivalrous indigenous nations. In particular, the Hurons/Algonquins from the North of the Saint Lawrence River and the Iroquois from the south around present day Great Lakes region. Moreover, what I like about the exhibition of fort Ville-Marrie was that it gives the audience what life looked like for the early settlers in Montreal. One particular example in the exhibit that shows life in this new settlement was the life of Mathurine Gode. Mathurine Gode was the youngest settler that arrive in Montreal (fort Ville-Marrie) at the age of five. In her experience she was fortunate that her parents, brothers and sister was able to look out for her. When she turned the age of fourteen she was considered a marriageable age and married a notary, Jean de Saint Pere and had two children with him. Mathurine Gode husband died from an indigenous raid and married a second time to a merchant Jacques Le Moyne. Mathurine Gode would last at the age of thirdly-six, while giving birth to her twelfth