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New France (The Sovereign council (Governor (controlled the military,…
New France
The Sovereign council
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Intendant
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works to keep colony in order and making it less dependent on France for their basic needs for life.
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Bishop of Quebec
and founded schools, hospitals and orphanages
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Fur Traders
Coureur de bois
All worked for themselves. The French government encouraged independent trading, but then made it illegal. though the coureur de bois still illegally traded by themselves .
term came from some men from France that engaged to fur trade by running int he woods to seek trade fro the First Nations.
Meaning," runner of the woods."
Merchants
Many merchants made living through the fur trade by imposing good from France and traded them with the inns, the Ouedat and Anishinabe for furs
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There are different types of merchants, blacksmiths, shoemakers, masons, bakers and butchers
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Farmers
Habitants
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habitants had to clear land and build their own houses to be able to establish farm. Also had to pay seigneurs miller to grind grain into flour and give a few days of labour to the seigneur each year
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Seigneurs
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Mostly men from noble families, women also had an opportunity to become seigneurs
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