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New France, A govenor represnted the king., They also controlled the…
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Many men had chosen the military career/to be soliders only because they need some way to make a living.
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Majority of seigneurs were men from noble families, but women and commoners could also be seigneurs.
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They imported goods from France and traded those goods with different First Nations tribes such as the, Ouendat, Innu, and the Anishinabe.
Lastly they also ought furs from coureurs de bois & other colonists who traded furs for extra income.
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People consulted them before making any big decisions and their reputation was dependent on these peoples choices.
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The church established schools, hospitals, and orphanages in New France.
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In exchange for the right to establish a farm habitants had to clear the land, plant crops, and last but not least build a house.
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They sold their furs wherever they could even in the British colonies where and when independent trade had become illegal.
The name means runner of the woods which corresponded to how how they engaged in fur trade (by running into the forest to seek trade with First Nations).
They travelled between the fur merchants of Montreal and th fur trade posts of the Great Lakes, and later on to travel west.