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New France - Mind Map - Coggle Diagram
New France - Mind Map
The Sovereign Council
Intendant
Chief administer
kept order in colony
He also kept his eye out for new ways to exploit the colony for the benefit of France
Bishop Quebec
Represented the Catholic Church
Offered spiritual and moral guidance
Played an open and active in governing the colony
Governor
In 1672 King Louis XIV appointed Frontenac governor of New France
Represented the king, controlled the military, looked after the defence of the colony. He also dealt with "External relations"
Soldiers
Defended the colony against the British
many men had chosen a military role because they needed a way to make a living
Defended the colony against the haudenosanusee
Fur Traders
Coeur De Bios
Means runner of the woods
France looked for traders in the forest
It made independant trading illegal
Merchets
Merchants were often wealthy
Merchets owed shops
Bought fur from Coeur De Bios
Voyageurs
are travelers
Men from new France
The Catholic Church
Founded hospitals, orphanages and schools
Influenced stayed strong even after New France became a British colony in 1763
Played important role in organizing French society
Famers
Habitants
Owned very little
Built own house
Owed corvee to their seigneur each year
Seigneurs
Received land from king
Land owner
Mostly men from noble familys