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People of new France - Coggle Diagram
People of new France
Fur Traders
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Merchants
Many kinds of businesses grew up in Quebec, montreal and Trois-Rivières.
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The merchants shipped the furs to France, where they sold them. They hoped to receive profit.
Voyageurs
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Were men from New France who travelled between the fur merchants of Montréal and the fur trade posts of the Great Lakes, and eventually further west.
The Sovereign Council
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Intendant
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Worked to keep the colony in good order, and to make it less dependent on France for its needs
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Bishop of Quebec
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His work played a important role in the colony, as it did in New France
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Soliders
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(Under Frontenac) soldiers came to New France to defend the colony against the Haudenosaunee and against the British
Farmers
Seigneurs
Had to build a house for themselves, and a flour mill and a church for the habitants
Most seigneurs were men from noble families, but women and commoners could also become seigneurs.
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Habitants
Some habitants neglected their farms because they found the fur trade an easier way to make a living in New France.
Had to clear the land, plant crops and build a house
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