1 post from grudnia 2008

Quebec was founded on July 3 1608 by Samuel de Champlain in the indigenous villages. Settlement was at the river estuary St. Lawrence, so it quickly began to play a role as a commercial beachhead inland. In the years 1629 - 1632 the city was occupied by the British. From 1663 Quebec was the capital of New France. Between 1690 and 1711 the town built next to inwazjom British troops, but in 1759 was re-acquired by them. Under the Treaty of Paris (1763) was submitted Quebec Englishmen.