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29 Cards in this Set
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Where did the indigenous trade furs with the French in the early days |
They traded at Quebec and trois-Rivières trading posts |
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In what year did the destruction of Huron is happened |
1650 |
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How did the colonial authorities control the fur trade |
They granted licences, called congés de traite to traders and these traders hired voyageurs to go into indigenous territories and get furs to sell to trading companies |
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Where were the first permanent settlements in French territory and in what year did it happen |
Québec (1608) Trois-Rivières (1634) Ville-Marie (Montréal) founded in 1642 for religious reasons |
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What other settlements were established near the 1700 |
Acadia, Louisiana and Newfoundland (fishing settlements) |
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Trade and military alliances were made with which group of indigenous |
Huron-Wendat and Algonquin nations so that the trading companies could have access to fur supplies |
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What was called the section that was divided into portions in seigneuries |
They were censives, which seigneur granted free of charge to peasants or censitaires. |
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What did the colony’s economy depend on |
Fur trade. Agriculture was a subsistence activity |
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What was the political structure of New France as of 1663 |
Back (Definition) |
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When was the great peace of Montréal signed |
1701 |
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What does absolute monarchy means |
The king held all the power. Their power believes to be granted by god. This was absolutism or the divin rights of king |
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What was the political structure of New France as of 1663 |
Back (Definition) |
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What did the governor do |
Kings representative Head of the military In charge of external affairs |
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What did the intendant do |
In charge of internal affairs such as budget, justice, settlement, trade, public safety |
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What did the colony consisted of |
Merchants, soldiers, coureurs des bois and settler families |
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What did Jean Talon instituted in 1663 |
Settlement policy focused on bringing in immigrants (fille du Roy, engagés and soldier) |
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From how much did the population rose from 1663 to 1672 |
Rose from 3000 to 7000 inhabitants. In 1760 it reached almost 70 000 inhabitants |
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Who owned the seigneuries |
Seigneur |
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What did Jean Talon do (1670-1672) |
Introduced new crops and domestic animals Built first brewery Created worships for wool and leather Established a shipyard |
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When was Québec conquered |
September 1759 |
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What did Michel Bégon (1712-1726) |
Introduced tobacco farming Built sawmills |
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What did Gilles Hocquart do (1729-1748) |
Built the chemin du Roy Financed the forges du Saint-Maurice Restarted work at shipyard |
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What did the Catholic Church provide |
Health care, education by establishing hospitals and schools |
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Who was the first bishop |
Monseigneur François de Laval |
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What did colonist adapt to |
Distance from their mother country, climate and size of territory. |
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What happened to half the indigenous people in the 17th century |
Disease that killed em all |
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What put an end to the war of Spanish succession |
The treaty of Utrecht in 1713, but New France lost many territories so began building forts along the border with the 13 colonies. |
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When did the seven years war started and ended |
Started in 1756 and ended in 1763. The Britain’s has more colonists, soldiers and ships, a more diversified economy and stronger support for their mother country |
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When did the first clashes of the war of conquest first erupted |
In the Ohio valley in 1754. |
