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New France (The Catholic Church/Clergy (Established.... (Hospitals,…
New France
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Soldiers
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King offered seigneuries to the soldiers (seigneuries represented a new opportunity for the officer)
Many people only choose to be a soldier because they needed a way of living and some sort of the income
Fur Traders
Coureur de Bois
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After some time, the government made it illegal to do this. That didn't stop some coureurs, though
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Merchants
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Many lived off of the Fur Trade, as they could just import goods from France and sell them
For the ones that lived off the Fur Trade, they traded with the Innu, the Ouendat, and the Anishinabe (and other First Nations peoples) for furs
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Farmers
Habitants
Some habitants neglected their farm because of the Fur Trade and how much they could make off of that
In exchange for the right to a farm, they had to clear the land, plant crops and build a house themselves. They also had to pay the seigneur's miller to grind grain into flour by giving a few days labor each year to them
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Seigneurs
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Had to build a house, a flourmill, and a church by themselves for the habitants