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New France
fur traders
merchants
were given privileges from nobility
commonly worked under the crown
trade at a unfair exchange
coureur de bois
often illegal
traded furs, not crops
are independent
voyageurs
they paddled boats to move goods
they were often hired
they helped settle the land
soldiers
many were not wealthy
went to colony to defend the settlers
were encouraged to settle
the sovereign council
governor
controls the colony
deals with 'external' relations
representative of the king(or queen)
bishop of quebec
has power over the church of quebec
is not elected by settlers
has major decision making power
intendant
keeps the colony in order
the chief administrator of the colony
the catholic church
opened orphanages and schools
helped make minor or major decisions
has power over people
farmers
seigneurs
had to recruit settlers in order to keep the land
a majority were men from noble families
owned land that habitants lived on
habitants
farming was there central job
worked for seigneuries
lived on seigneuries