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New France (The Catholic Church/Clergy (The Catholic Church played an…
New France
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The Sovereign Council
Governor
who represented the king, controlled the military, and looked after the defense of the colony. He also dealt with "external relations," such as trade with First Nations.
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 Quebec, who represented the Catholic Church.The Catholic church played an important role in the colony, as it did in New France. It provided a spiritual and moral guidance, and founded schools, hospitals,and orphanages. Members of the Catholic Clergy also played an open and active role in governing the colony. The influence of the church remained strong even after New France became a British colony in 1763.
Fur Traders
Courer de Bois
Courer de Bois means "runner of the woods." The term comes from the way some men in New France engaged in the fur trade. They seek and trade with First Nations by running in the forest
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The government of New France encouraged independent trading. Soon after, it made independent trading illegal. This law did not stop the courer de bois and the British colonies
Merchants
In the Fur trade, many merchants made their living in the fur trade. They imported goods from France and traded these goods to First Nation people for furs
They also bought furs from the courer de bois and other colonists who also traded in furs for extra income or money
With these furs that they collected, they ship it to France to sell them. They sell these furs to get a profit that they hoped for
Voyageurs
Voyageur means "traveler". Voyageurs were men from New France who travelled between the fur merchants of Montreal and the fur trade posts of the Great Lakes, and eventually further west
Farmers
Habitants
Habitants means "inhabitants", they are human beings that inhabit the land that seigneurs own. In France they would have been called paysans (peasants). Habitants rarely own anything - in fact their seigners own them
Seigneurs
Seigneurs were large plots of land owned by seigneurs or landlords who received the land as grants from the king of France.To keep there land, Seigneurs had to recruit habitants to farm the land.
Soldiers
Under Frontenac, many soldiers came to New France to defend the colony against the Haudenosaunee and against the British. The King wanted military men to settle in New France, so he offered seigeneries to officers, who then encouraged their soldiers to settle in the land.