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New France
The Sovereign Council
Intendant
The intendant would also oversee justice, finance and police.
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Bishop of Quebec
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If you were the Bishop of Quebec, you would be responsible for religious affairs, charity, education, hospitals and converting the First Nations to Cathlicism.
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Fur Traders
Merchants
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Lenders, Small Merchants, and Merchant-craftsmen would supply the countryside with goods.
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Voyageurs
The Voyageurs, unlike the Coureur de Bois, were lisenced, hired laborers who transported furs and other goods by canoe.
Their work was rought and dangerous, having to carry heavy loads and still work in harsh weather conditions.
Coureur de Bois
The Coureur de Bois mostly traveled to the interior for months at a time to trade the European goods they possesed for the First Nation's furs.
The Coureur de Bois were considered "outlaws" by the authorities but they helped the fur trade expand and become more successful.
The Coureur de Bois were independant and unlicensed fur traders, they were like businessmen who often traded with the First Nations
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Soldiers
The king wanted military men to settle in New France, so he offered seigneuries to officers, who encouraged their soldiers to settle in New France.
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Many of the soldiers came to Mew France to defend the colony against the Haudenosaunee and the British.
Farmers
Seigneurs
The responsibilities of a Seigneur would be to build manor houses and a gristill for the habitants to use.
They collected the money given by the habitants (rent and fees) and could create rights for a land, create a court of law and also could claim a portion of milled grain from the farmers.
Seigneurs are also known as landowners, as you can tell by the name they own land granted by the king.
Habitants
Their responsibillitys was to clear and to care for the land, they also payed rent and fees to the Seigneurs.
The rights of these farmers were that they were able to plant their fields however they wanted to, as long as their obligations were met.
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