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People of new France, Governer, habitants, Seigneurs, Fur traders - Coggle…
People of new France
farmers
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seigneuries were large plaots of land owned by seigneurs or landlords who recived the land as grants that were from the king of france
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Intendant
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was the cheif administrator of the colony, worked to keep colony in good orde
Bishop of Quebec
provided spiritual and moral guidance, and found schools,hospitals and orphanages
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soldiers
the king wanted millitary men to settle in new france so he offered seigneuries to officers who encouraged soildiers to settle on there land
A seigneury represented an opportunity for an officer to change his life Many men had chosen millitary career only because they needed to make a living
under frontenac many soldiers came to new france to defed the colony against the haudenosaunee and the british
Coureur de Bois
The coureurs worked independently. In early times the government in new france encouraged independent trading
Trading furs independently was later illegal, but the coureurs de bois still sold fur even to british colonies.
Coureur de Bois means of the woods. The term comes from the way some men in new france engaged in the fur trade they runned to the forest.
Merchants
many merchants made their living in the fur trade they imported goods from France and traded with the innu the Ouendat and the Anishinabe among other first nation for furs
They also bought furs from the coureurs de bois and other colonists who traded in furs for extra income. The merchant then shipped the furs to France where they sold them for a profit
lots of businesses started in Quebec Montreal and Trois Rivieres, Strolling these settlements you would see blacksmiths, shoemakers, masons bakers and butchers
The Sovereign Council
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The govener represented the king, controlled the military and looked afther the defense of the colony
Voyageurs
the voyageur 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
voyageur means traveller, the voyageurs
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