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New France
Fur Traders
Merchants
To get furs, Fur Trade Merchants would import goods from France and then trade it with the First Nations. They would also buy furs from Courer de Bois.
The furs were sold to France, and the merchants would most likely make a profit.
Many merchants made their living by selling furs. But there were also many other kinds of merchants Québec, Montréal and Trois-Rivières.
Voyageurs
The word Voyaguers means "traveller", and they were men from New France, who travelled on a regular basis, between Montreal, and the Great Lakes.
The Voyaguers transported fur from the Fur Trade Merchants in Montreal, to the Fur Trade Posts by the Great Lakes, so they could be sold for a profit.
Coureur de Bois
Coureur de Bois worked independently, and kept all profit for themselves.
Eventaully, New France would ban independent trading, but the Courer de Bois would continue to do it anyways.
Coureur de Bois means runner of the woods, and they got their name from the way they engaged in trade with the First Nations. They would run into the woods to trade with them.
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Farmers
Habitants
Habitants were peseants, and were often owned by their siegneuries.
The habitants owed their seigneures courve, which was a few days of labour every year, and had to pay the seigneurs milller.
Habitants were invited to a seigneuries to build a farm, but to have the right to establish the farm, they woul have to clear the land, plant crops, and build a house.
Seigneurs
Seigneurs owned large land plots called seigneuries, which they received from the king.
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Seinguers would have to build their own house on the seigneuries, and a flourmill and church for the habitants.