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People of New France - Coggle Diagram
People of New France
The Fur Traders
Voyageurs
Were hired by trading companies to transport furs and other goods between the St. Lawrence Valley and western trading post.
When the British took over, their travels expanded to the far northwest.
Merchants
The merchants sold tobacco, sugar, indigo dyes and furs.
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Coureurs de Bois
They were considered outlaws because they didn't have a trading licence to trade with indigenous people.
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Sovereign Council
Governor
Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, served in the French army with the Mousquetaires from 1672 and distinguished himself in campaigns in Flanders
Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil became a governor in 1755 after his father, Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil and was the last.
Intendant
Francois Bigot, In 1750 encouraged Indigenous peoples and Acadians to rise up against the British occupying their land.
Claud de Boutroue d’Aubigny family members were members of the noblesse de robe who had served the Crown for some few generations.
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Bishop
Bishop Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier was born in the southeastern French city of Grenoble in 1653, to a wealthy land owning family and founded a hospital named St. Valier.
Bishop Louis-François Duplessis de Mornay never went to Canada but supervised various conduction missions through correspondence.
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"Farmers"
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Habitants
They were important to New France because they had larger land holdings which eventually they would pass on to their children.
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