First Nations with well-established military and trade traditions lived in Canada long before France established a foothold in the area. The incursion of Europeans would forever change the lives of the First Nations.
Pre-Contact French-Iroquois Confrontation: 1609 Destruction of Port Royal: 1613 Iroquois-Dutch Trade Established: 1614 Iroquois Offensive: 1615 First Citizen Defence Force in Canada-Port Royal: 1627 Fall of Quebec: 1629 Return of Quebec to France, 1632 Iroquois Raids: 1640 Iroquois Warfare: 1640-1650 Founding of Montreal and Fort Richelieu: 1642 Iroquois Offensive and the Destruction of the Huron: 1647-1649 Protecting the St. Lawrence Trade Route: 1647-1649