Key Figures
French explorer who claimed the Gaspé Peninsula for the King of France in 1534.
Jacques Cartier
Young, single women sent to New France by the king to marry and build families.
Filles du Roi
When only one company or group is allowed to sell or trade a product in an area.
Monopoly
A piece of land almost surrounded by water extending from the St. Lawrence River where Cartier met Donnacona.
Gaspé Peninsula
Leader of the Haudenosaunee who met Cartier at the Gaspé Peninsula.
Donnacona
"Runners of the woods" who worked in the early fur trade and lived among First Nations.
coureurs de bois
A system where "home countries" extend their control over other nations.
Imperialism
French colony established in what is now Nova Scotia by de Monts and Champlain.
Acadia
French noble who received a trade monopoly and co-founded a colony in North America.
Pierre de Monts
Francophone farmers who rented and worked the land in New France.
Habitants
Government body with three officials (Governor, Intendant, Bishop) set up by King Louis XIV.
Sovereign Council
Fur trade settlement established by de Monts and Champlain closer to trade routes.
Quebec
Map-maker and "Founder of New France" who allied with the Wendat against the Haudenosaunee.
Samuel de Champlain
Order of Catholic missionaries who came to North America to convert First Nations peoples.
Jesuits
Land-granting system where nobles rented land along the St. Lawrence River to farmers.
Seigneurial System
Networks of colonies controlled by a single country (the home country).
Empire