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==History== | == History of Quebec (New France) == | ||
*At the time of first European contact and later colonization, '''Algonquian, Iroquois and Inuit''' nations controlled what is now Quebec. | *At the time of first European contact and later colonization, '''Algonquian, Iroquois and Inuit''' nations controlled what is now Quebec. | ||
*In 1534, Breton explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross in the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the land in the name of France. It was the first province of '''New France'''. | *In 1534, Breton explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross in the Gaspé Peninsula and claimed the land in the name of France. It was the first province of '''New France'''. | ||