He was a guide and translator with a French expedition led by Pierre de Gua, Sieur du Monts. ... He arrived in New France in 1628 and was sold to a colonist. ... As the colony of New France grew the demand of field, workers and servants did as well and in the year 1689 King Louis 12 of France allowed settlers to use slaves. In the early 1600's, British, French, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish settlements dotted the east coast of North America. ... At this time, the Indian army was rebelling against the British so Hall volunteered to join a gun crew. ...

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The first official recorded visitor to New York Harbor was in 1524, by an Italian named Giovanni da Verrazano, during a French-sponsored expedition on the ship, Dauphine (named after the eldest son of King Francis I of France). ... Hudson went north to trade furs and other goods to Indians to were willing to trade. ... The thirty French-speaking Protestant families, called Walloons, were to set up a base for privateering and fur trading. ... The fur trade and piracy, Indian raids, and bad management kept the city down. ... When the war was over, it was signed back over to the English becau...

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Indians also known as Native-Americans were here before the whites; but the only reason they are called Indians is because Christopher Columbus thought he had found India. ... Even in real life I've heard that people in France or people in Korea, in many places all over the world, it is said that countries as a whole do not like Americans. ...

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