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Soldiers
Farmers
Fur Trades
The Sovereign Council
Bishop of Quebec
Governor
Intendant
The Governor also dealt with the external relationship
He was the chief admin of the colony
He looked for the ways to exploit the colony for benefit of France
He worked to keep the colony in good order
The Bishop provided spiritual and moral support, founded school, hospitals and orphanages.
Played most important role in the colony
The Bishop resented the Catholic church
The King wanted the military men to settle in New France
Many men had chosen military career only because they needed a way to make a living
They came to the colony from France to fight and protect with the Haudenosaunee and British
Habitants
Seigneurs
Most seigneurs were noble men but woman and commoners could be seigneurs
To keep their land grants, seigneurs had to recruit settlers or habitants to farm
Seigneuries are large plots of land where seigneurs live
They have to build their own houses
Some habitants neglected their farms because they found the
fur trade an easier way to make a living in New France.
Habitants are people who lived on seigneuries
Merchants
Coureur de Bois
They came from new France and made a living by running into the woods to trade with the First Nations
When the New France government found out about the independent trades they made it illegal, this did not stop them from trading where ever they could even with the British.
Coureur de Bois means runner of the woods
They bought furs from Coureur de Bois and the First Nations for extra income
They imported goods from France and traded it with the Innu
Merchants made a living from fur trade, blacksmith, shoe making, and more
Voyageurs
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The Governor has control over the military and the defense of the colony
The Catholic Church
In Europe, divisions between Catholics and Protestants had become deep and bitter. People of the two faiths discriminatedagainst each other.
The Jesuits a Catholic religious order formed a key part
of the presence of the Catholic Church in New France
The Catholic Church played an important role in the identity of New France