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Pҽσρʅҽ Oϝ Nҽɯ Fɾαɳƈҽ - Coggle Diagram
Pҽσρʅҽ Oϝ Nҽɯ Fɾαɳƈҽ
The Sovereign Council
𝔊𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔫𝔬𝔯
Represents the King, controlled the military, and looks after the defense of the colony.
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𝔅𝔦𝔰𝔥𝔬𝔭
Members of the Catholic clergy played a role in governing the colony. The influence of the church remained even after New France became a British Colony.
Catholic people consulted them before making important decisions. Their reputation depended on their standing in the church.
Represented the Catholic church, which played a big part in the colony. Provided guidance and founded schools, hospitals and orphanages.
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Fur Traders
ℭ𝔬𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔲𝔯 𝔡𝔢 𝔅𝔬𝔦𝔰
At first, the government encouraged this, but soon it became illegal. The coureur de bois did not stop doing this though, and they even sold furs even to British colonies.
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Means 'Runner of The Woods.' They were called this because they went into the woods to trade with FNs.
𝔐𝔢𝔯𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰
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Imported goods from France, and traded with the FNs.
𝔙𝔬𝔶𝔞𝔤𝔢𝔲𝔯𝔰
They were men from New France who traveled between fur merchants of Montreal and the posts of the great lakes.
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Farmers
𝔖𝔢𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔲𝔯𝔰
Most seigneurs were men from noble families, although women and commoners could also become seigneurs. To become one, they needed to recruit habitants to come live in New France.
They owned large plots of land and often 'owned' the habitants, that worked on their farms. They had to build a house for themselves, and build a flourmill and church for the habitants.
ℌ𝔞𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔫𝔱𝔰
Some habitants neglected their farms because fur trading was an easier way to make money. This sometimes caused both Habitants and Seigneurs to end up in court. Some habitants just gave up farming and went to fur trading, and often became Coureur de Bois.
They lived on Seigneurs. They were recruited to work on the farms of the Seigneurs. They were called peasants and hardly owned anything. They were often owned by the Seigneurs. Habitants even had to give a few days of labour each year to their landlords.