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What role did French Jesuits play in North America?

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Eight Jesuits—killed between 1642 and 1649—became known as the North American Martyrs. ... Within thirteen years, the Jesuits had missions among all five Iroquois nations, in part imposed by French attacks against their villages in present-day New York state.

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The Society of Jesus, The Jesuits. In 1615, France insisted that Champlain send missionaries to New France in order to convert the natives. The Recollet friars were the first to arrive. Fifteen years later, the missionaries of the Society of Jesus arrived, also known as the Jesuits and the "soldiers of Christ"

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