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New France
The Sovereign Council
Intendant
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They worked to keep the colony in good order, and make the colony less dependant on France.
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Bishop of Quebec
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Francois de Leval was a bishop and had a lasting effect on Canada. For example, he established a seminary to train priests in New France---today's Laval University.
Governor
Governors represented the king, controlled the military, and 7
looked after the defence of the colony.
They also dealt with "external relations," such as trade with First Nations.
Fur Traders
Merchants
They imported goods from France, and traded these goods with the Innu, the Ouendat and the Anishinabe, among other First Nations for furs.
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Voyageurs
They also traveled to the fur trade posts of the Great Lakes, and eventually further west.
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Coureur de Bois
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The term comes from the way some men in New France engaged in the fur trade by "running in the forest" to seek and trade with First Nations.
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Soldiers
The king offered seigneury to officers, which encouraged their soldiers to settle on their land.
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Many soldiers came to New France to defend the colony against the Haudenosaunee and against the British.
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Farmers
Habitants
The habitants barely owned anything, and most of the time the seigneurs mostly owned them.
Habitants are people who inhabit the land and are often known as peasants, or in France they would be called paysans (peasants).
In exchange for the right to establish a farm, habitants had to clear the land, plant crops, and build a house.
Seigneurs
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Seigneurs have to recruit settlers for farming to keep their land grants. The settlers are also known as habitants.
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