Samuel de Champlain was an effective colonizer who:
a. founded trading posts in Nova Scotia and Quebec and a strong alliance with the Huron Indians.
b. nearly destroyed French power in America.
c. provoked a war with the Huron Indians by refusing to trade with them.
d. was more interested in getting land than in trading.
ANSWER: a
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