Who fought against French settlements for over a century?

This question reaches back to the founding of New France in 1608. Discover Canada records that Champlain built a fortress at what is now Québec City, and immediately tied the colony to a network of Indigenous alliances and rivalries that would shape the next hundred years of fighting.

The guide is precise about the relationships. Champlain allied the colony with the Algonquin, Montagnais and Huron, historic enemies of the Iroquois, a confederation of five (later six) First Nations who battled with the French settlements for a century. So the Iroquois — long-time rivals of the French allies — were the people who fought against French settlements for over a century. None of the other answer choices (Huron, Algonquin, Sioux) match: in Discover Canada's account the Huron and Algonquin were French allies, not opponents, and the Sioux are described as nomadic Plains peoples "following the bison (buffalo) herd," outside the New France conflict altogether.

Discover Canada closes the conflict with another precise date: The French and the Iroquois made peace in 1701. So the timeline is bracketed by two anchors — Champlain's fortress in 1608 on one side, the peace of 1701 on the other. "For a century" in the guide is not a rough estimate; it is a real ~93-year war of attrition with a clear end-date.

This question matters because it tests whether new citizens can keep two paired Indigenous-European blocs straight in Discover Canada's account of New France: the French + Algonquin + Montagnais + Huron alliance on one side, and the Iroquois confederation on the other. Mixing them up is the most natural mistake a careful test-taker can make, since all four named peoples appear in the same sentence.

The 1701 peace is also part of a broader Discover Canada theme. Just before this passage, the guide notes that "Aboriginals and Europeans formed strong economic, religious and military bonds in the first 200 years of coexistence which laid the foundations of Canada." The Iroquois–French peace is a concrete example of that long, complicated relationship in action.