People of New France
The Sovereign Council
Farmers
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The Catholic Church/Clergy
Soldiers
in Europe, divisions between Catholics and Protestants had become deep and bitter. people of the two faiths discriminated against each other
the king wanted military men to settle into new France, so he decided to offer seigneurs to officers, who the encourage their soldiers to settle on their land.
The Fur Traders
Merchants
Seigneurs
Habitants
habitants mean inhabitats
Habitants were farmers who lived on Seigneuries
in exchange for the right to establish a farm, the habitants had to clear the land and plant crops and build a house. they also had to pay the seigneur's miller to grind their grain into flour. some habitants neglected their farms because they found the fur trade an easier way to make a living in new France
most seigneurs were men from noble families, women and commoners could also become seigneurs.
seigneurs were large plots of land that were owned by seigneurs and would receive the lands from the king of France as grants.
the seigneurs had to find habitats or recruit settlers to farm their land if they wants to keep their land grants.
The Bishop of Quebec
a Governor
an Intendant
Coureur De Bois
Voyageurs
they ran through the forest because it was illegal to trade independent and that was why they were running throw the forest to hide and trade with first nations in secret.
Coureur De Bois means "runner of the woods"
voyageur means "traveller."
the voyageurs were men from new France who travelled between the fur merchants of Montreal and the fur trade posts of the Great Lakes, eventually further west.
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the merchants shipped the furs to France where they hoped they would sell them
many Merchants found a living in fur trade.
many kinds of businesses grew in Quebec, Montreal, and Trois-Rivieres
the name comes from some men from the fur trade by running in to the forest, to seek and trade with the first nations.
they played an important role in governing the colony. the clergy was a small group of people that could read and write. many people can to them before making decisions, including the decisions that affected the politics and economy of the colony.
the catholic church played a very important role in the identity of new France
many men had chosen a military career because they needs some way of making a living.
many soilders came to new France to defend the colony against haudenosaunee and against the british.
a governor is a person who represented the king and controlled the military, and they also looked after the defence of the colony. he would also deal with "external relationship" like trading with the first nation.
the Bishop of Quebec represented the Catholic Church. the catholic church played a big/important role in the colony. it had provided spiritual and moral guidance, they founded hospital, schools, and orphanages. they catholic clergy had managed to stay strong even when new France became a British colony.
an intendant was the chief administrator of the colony. the person would also try to keep the colony in good order, and he would try to make it less dependant on France to keep their basic needs