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New France - Coggle Diagram
New France
The Sovereign Council
Govenor:
Governors had the power to control the military and looked after the defence of the colony with the help of the soldiers.
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Intendant:
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The Intendant worked to order the colony and tried to make New France less dependent on France for meeting basic needs.
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Fur Traders :
Merchants:
Merchants were usually Fur Traders, trading with the Innu, Ouendat, Anishinaabe, and other First Nations.
Some of the merchants bought furs of from the Coureur de Bois, and sold them to France to hopefully get a good profit.
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Voyageurs :
The French word Voyageur litterally translates to 'traveller', and Voyageurs were people who traveled to differant merchants in different places that were from New France.
Voyageurs travelled between fur posts in Montreal, the Great Lakes, and later places in the west.
Coureur de Bois:
People who were Coureur de Bois were people who ran into forests to try and look for First Nations to trade with.
Even when indevidual fur trading became illiegal, the Coureur de Bois still found ways to trade furs, even in British colonies.
Coureur de Bois literally means 'Running of the Woods', and people who were Coureur de Bois were Fur Traders.
Soldiers:
Soldiers settled on land, encouraged by officer who were in charge of them.
Many of the soldiers didn't actually want to be soldiers, and only enrolled as one to make a better living.
Soldiers Defended New France against enemies, such as the British, and the Haudenosaunee.
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Farmers:
Habitants:
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To have a farm, the habitants would have to clear their own land, plant crops, and build a house all by themselves. They also had to work a few days each year.
Habitants were the people, usually peasants who lived on the Seigneur's land.
Seigneurs:
Seigneurs were people who owned seigneuries, which were plots of land given to them by the monarchy.
Seigneurs were usually men, but even women and common people could become a Seigneur.
To keep the seigneuries, the seigneurs needed habitants to live in the seigneuries.
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