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PEOPLE OF NEW FRANCE
The Sovereign Council
An Intendant, the chief administrator of the colony. He
worked to keep the colony in good order, and to make it less
dependent on France for meeting its basic needs. He also kept
his eye out for new ways to exploit the colony for the benefit
of France.
Bishop of Quebec
The Bishop of Québec, who represented the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church played an important role in the colony,
as it did in New France It provided spiritual and moral
guidance, and founded schools, hospitals and orphanages..
Soldiers Under Frontenac, many soldiers came to New France to defend the
colony against the Haudenosaunee and against the British.
GOVERNOR
A Governor, who represented the king, controlled the
military, and looked after the defence of the colony. He also
dealt with “external relations,” such as trade with First Nations.
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Fur Traders
Merchants A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Historically, a merchant is anyone who is involved in business or trade.
Voyageurs
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posts of the Great Lakes, and eventually further west.
Coureur de 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” to seek and trade with First Nations.
The Catholic Church/Clergy The Catholic Church played an important role in the identity of
New France.
Farmers
Seigneurs
To keep their land grants, seigneurs had to recruit settlers —
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themselves, and a flourmill and a church for the habitants.
Habitants were farmers who lived on seigneuries. Seigneuries
were large plots of land owned by seigneurs