In 1667, the King of France, Louis XIV, learned of the irresponsible behaviour of the previous governor, Bellot dit Lafontaine. An official document indicated that Bellot had "fulfilled his duty badly" (French: "mal acquitté de son devoir"). Louis XIV, frustrated with his governor, immediately recalled him to France. The king named La Palme as the new governor at Plaisance.
La Palme arrived in Newfoundland on board the ship Saint-Sébastien. He received the mission from the King to help populate the colony of Plaisance, to encourage agriculture and to protect the French fishing interests. The new governor disembarked at Plaisance with 150 soldiers and numerous supplies, notably weapons stored in two warships that accompanied him from France.
La Palme built fortifications around Plaisance to protect from a possible attack from the English.
However, La Palme displeased the colonists with shows of authoritarianism. He demanded one third of the fish caught from the fishermen in exchange for provisions. Finally, the King relieveed him from his administrative functions in 1670 and replaced him with a new governor named La Poippe.
France began colonizing the Americas in the 16th century and continued into the following centuries as it established a colonial empire in the Western Hemisphere. France established colonies in much of eastern North America, on several Caribbean islands, and in South America. Most colonies were developed to export products such as fish, rice, sugar, and furs.
New France was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spain in 1763 under the Treaty of Paris.
Jean Talon, Count d'Orsainville was a French colonial administrator who served as the first Intendant of New France. Talon was appointed by King Louis XIV and his minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to serve as the Intendant of Justice, Public Order and Finances in Canada, Acadia and Newfoundland for two terms: 1665 to 1668 and 1670 to 1672.
Lafontaine, French for "the fountain", may refer to:
This section of the Timeline of Quebec history concerns the events relating to the Quebec portion of New France between the establishment of the Sovereign Council and the fall of Quebec.
The Sovereign Council was a governing body in New France. It served as both Supreme Court for the colony of New France, as well as a policy-making body, though this latter role diminished over time. The council, though officially established in 1663 by King Louis XIV of France, was not created from whole cloth, but rather evolved from earlier governing bodies. As early as 1647, a council of three was created by the King. In 1648, this council was enlarged to include five members. The Sovereign Council came to be known as the Superior Council as early as June 16, 1703, when Louis XIV issued a royal edict referring to it as the Superior Council instead of its former name, and increasing the number of sitting Councilors from seven to twelve.
Joseph-Antoine le Fèbvre, sieur de La Barre was a French lawyer and administrator best known for his disastrous three years term as governor of the colony of New France (Quebec).
The Recollects were a French reform branch of the Friars Minor, a Franciscan order. Denoted by their gray habits and pointed hoods, the Recollects took vows of poverty and devoted their lives to prayer, penance, and spiritual reflection. Today, they are best known for their presence as missionaries in various parts of the world, most notably in early Canada.
Philippe Pastour de Costebelle was a French naval officer and Governor of Newfoundland and then Louisbourg. He was born in Languedoc, France and died in Louisbourg, New France.
Daniel d'Auger de Subercase was a naval officer and the French governor of Newfoundland and later Acadia.
The Sieur de la Poippe was the Governor of Plaisance in the French colony of Newfoundland from 1670 to 1684.
Lafontaine Bellot was Governor of Plaisance (Placentia), Newfoundland from 1664 to 1667.
Pierre Boucher de Boucherville was a French settler, soldier, officer, naturalist, official, governor, and ennobled aristocrat in Nouvelle-France or New France.
Henri-Auguste de Loménie, Count of Brienne, Seigneur de La Ville-aux-Clercs was a French politician. He was secretary of state for the navy from 1615 to February 1643, and then secretary of state for foreign affairs from 1643 to 1663 under Mazarin during the minority of Louis XIV. From the Loménie family, he was the son of Antoine de Loménie, secretary of state to Henry IV and a Huguenot convert.
Castle Hill is an area containing the remains of both French and British fortifications, overlooking the town of Placentia in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The site was originally established in order to protect the French fishing interests in Terre-Neuve (Newfoundland) and the approaches to the French colony of Canada.
Jean-Baptiste-Louis Franquelin (1650-c.1712) was a French trader who was appointed in the early 1670s as the first cartographer in Nouvelle France (Canada) by the colony's governor. He was appointed in 1688 as royal hydrographer by Louis XIV.
Fort Saint Louis was a French fort built in the 17th century on Newfoundland at the time of the New France.
The Battle of Placentia (1692) was fought between the English and the French at Fort St. Louis in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador during King William's War. The battle lasted from 16 September until 21 September 1692.
Terre-Neuve ("Newfoundland") was a colony in New France that existed from 1655 to 1713, and which consisted of the southern portion of Newfoundland island. The most -and sometimes only- populated region was Placentia, called "Plaisance" in French. Because of Placentia's geographic position, its main economic activity was fishing, and the settlement could serve as a pit stop for ships traveling to and from France and other New France colonies like Canada or Acadia. Terre-Neuve ceased to exist in 1713, when France evacuated its settlers and transplanted them to Cape Breton. But, France regained the Saint Pierre and Miquelon islands of this colony in 1763, and still has possession over them today.
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