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New France - Mind Map - Coggle Diagram
New France - Mind Map
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The Sovereign Council
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Bishop of Quebec
Provided spiritual and moral guidance, as well as finding schools, hospitals, and orphanages
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Fur Traders
Merchants
Imported goods from France; traded those with Innu, Ouendat, Anishinabe
Bought furs from Coureurs de Bois then shipped that to France for a profit (they hoped it would make a profit)
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Voyageurs
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Traveled between the merchants of Montreal and the trading posts of the Great Lakes to go further west
Coureur de Bois
Worked independently, even when the New France government made independent trading illegal
Sold their furs wherever they could, including in the British colonies
Means "Runner of the Woods" because they ran into the woods to look for trading with the First Nations
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Farmers
Habitants
Some neglected their farms/gave up farming as a whole because they found the Fur Trade easier to make a living
Sometimes ended up in court because they complained that some of the promises that the seigneurs made had not been followed through
Had to clear land, plant crops, and build a house just to have the right to establish a farm
Seigneurs
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Sometimes ended up in court because they had to answer habitants complaints because they had not followed through on their promises
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