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People Of New France
Fur Traders
Merchants
There main source of income was the fur trade, they imported goods for France and traded then with the First Nations, they also bought furs.
The merchants then shipped the furs to France, where they
sold them — for a profit, they hoped.
Strolling through
these settlements, you would see the shops of merchants such as blacksmiths, shoemakers,
masons, bakers and butchers.
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Voyageurs
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” The voyageurs were men from New France
who travelled between the fur merchants of Montréal and the fur trade posts of the Great Lakes, and eventually further west.
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Coureur de Bois
At first, the government of New France encouraged independent trading. Soon, however, it made independent trading illegal.
The coureurs worked alone with no ones help or guidence, and they also worked for themselves.
Coureur de bois means “runner of the woods.” The term comes from the way some men in New France engaged in the fur trade by “running into the forest
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The Sovereign Council
Intendant
He worked to keep the colony in good order, and to make it less independent on France for its basic needs.
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Bishop of Quebec
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They founded schools, and hospitals, etc.. They also gave spiritual advise and guidance.
The church had a strong influence over the colony, people of catholic belief often consulted the church before making decisions.
Governor
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A Governor, who represented the king, controlled the
military and looked after the colony.
Soldiers
The king wanted more soldiers to come so he so he offered
seigneuries to officers then they encourages soldiers to come settle on their land.
A seigneury could change a mans life one of the reasons some men went in to the military was to make a living.
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Farmers
Seigneurs
Seigneurs and habitants sometimes ended up in court, answering
complaints that they had not followed through on their obligations
Seigneurs were large plots of land owned by seigneurs they were received from the king as a grant. Women and
commoners could also become seigneurs.
To keep their land grants, seigneurs had to recruit settlers habitants to farm it. They also had to build a house for the habitants
Habitants
In exchange for the right to establish a farm, habitants had to
clear the land, plant crops and build a house.
Habitants means “inhabitants” people who inhabit the
land. They lived in churches that were provided by Seigneurs
Habitants were farmers who lived on seigneuries. Habitants means “inhabitants” people who inhabit the
land. They lived in churches that were provided by Seigneurs
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