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New France, Governor, Habitants - Coggle Diagram
New France
Soldiers
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Many soldiers came to New France to defend the
colony against the Haudenosaunee and against the British.
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
Farmers
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France and the Catholic Church also placed a high priority on converting First Nations to Catholicism.
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Intendant
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The Intendants job was to to keep the colony in good order, and to make it less dependent on France for meeting its basic needs.
Seigneurs
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Seigneuries were large plots of land owned by seigneurs -- or landlords -- who received the land as grants from the King of France.
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Voyageurs
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The voyageurs were men from New France who traveled between the fur merchants of Montreal and the fur trade posts of the Great Lakes.
Coureur de Bois
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The term "runner of the wood" 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
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Governor
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The Hudson's Bay company had a governor, who was the chief officer of the company
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