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New France - Coggle Diagram

- - - - The Seigneurs often "owned" the habitants
      - Habitants means "inhabitants" which are people who inhabit the land.
      - They were farmers who lived on seigneuries, which were plots of land granted from the King.
- - - - Provided spiritual and moral guidance
      - Founded schools, hospitals and orphanages
      - They represented the Catholic Church
    - - He tried to keep the colony in good order
      - Tried to find good uses for the colony
      - The chief of the colony
- - - - Means "runner of the woods"
      - They worked independentely for themselves.
      - At first independent trading was encouraged, but then it became illegal. The Coureur de Bois still sold wherever they could.
    - - They imported goods from France and traded with Innu, Ouendant and the Anishinabe.
      - Many made their living in the fur trade.
      - Often they were blacksmiths, shoemakers, masons, bakers and butchers.