In addition to the fur trade, Samuel de Champlain’s Quebec colony was helped by

Champlain’s colony benefited from alliances and trade with Indigenous peoples, especially the Huron. These good relations helped the French obtain furs and provided military support against rival groups. The Dutch East India Company and the governments of England and Spain did not support Quebec, and Champlain did not discover a Northwest Passage to Asia.

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