New France Mind Map
The Catholic Church/Clergy
Soldiers
Farmers
Sovereign Council
Fur Traders
Governor
Represented the king
Dealt with external relations like trading with first nations
Intendant
Chief administrant of the colony: kept everything in order.
Looked for ways to exploit the colony to benefit France
Also made the colonys less dependent on France for basic needs
Bishop of Quebec
The bishop of Quebec represented the catholic church
It founded hospitals, schools and orphanages
Catholic people consulted the clergy before making important decisions, and their reputation depended on their standing in the church.
Habitants and Seigneurs
Habitants were farmers who lived on Seigneuries. Seigneruries are large plots of land owned by people called Seignures or landlords.They received or were granted this land from the king.
To keep their land grants, seigneurs had to recruit settlers/ habitants to farm it.
Seigneurs are men from noble families but can be women and commoners to.
Many Men had to choose a job as a soldier to make a living
The king wanted military men to settle in New France, so he offered seigneuries to officers, who then encouraged their soldiers to settle on their land
Soldiers mostly fought against the british and Haudenosaunee
Some habitants gave up farming to make their living in the fur trade
Coureur de Bois
Merchants
Voyagers
Many merchants made their living in the fur trade. They imported goods from France, and traded these goods with the Innu.
Some examples of merchants are blacksmiths, Shoemakers, Masons, bakers, butchers and many more
Merchants often traded things and then sold the things they got form the trade for profit
Coureur de bois means “runner of the woods.” The term comes from the way some men in New France engaged in the fur trade — by “running into the forest” to seek and trade with First Nations
Some of the things that they packed in their canoes are guns, cloth, metal pots, and knives
Voyagers used canoes to paddle up rivers to bring goods to forts or to trade
Voyagers also got the opportunity to explore different parts of Europe when they go on their journeys
They worked for themselves
They also sold their furs in british colonies or where ever they could run two
The church also established schools, hospitals and orphanages in New France, and played an important role in governing the colony
They established missions among the Mi’kmaq, the Kichesiprini, the Haudenosaunee and the Ouendat to convert these nations to the Catholic faith
In Europe, divisions between Catholics and Protestants had become deep and bitter. People of the two faiths discriminated against each other