When large groups of people die from disease.
What is epidemic?
Catholic
What is the primary religion of New France.
They wanted to use the land for farming so they pushed First Nations off their land. They saw the First Nations as obstacles.
What was the British relationship with the First Nations?
The farmers who lived in New France. They rented and farmed the land.
What is habitants?
Filles du roi
What is orphan girls who had their dowry paid so they would come to New France to get married.
Immunity
What is the natural resistance to diseases in the body.
Protestant
What is the primary religion of the Thirteen Colonies?
They needed to convert to get guns to protect themselves from warring clans and British. Other reasons included partnership and allies when clans went to war and to be able to trade (some forts would only trade with Catholics.)
What were war pressures that convinced First Nations to convert religions?
This job included looking after the day-to-day operations of the colony.
What is the intendant of New France?
Merchant
What is a business person who sold their items (usually something to do with furs).
Monopoly
What is the complete control of a resource by a single company.
They established a small colony but their main goal was to get furs back to France to be sold.
What were the French economic goals?
Epidemic. This caused large groups of First Nations to become sick and die.
What is is when large populations of people are infected with disease?
Their name translates to "runners of the woods". They traveled into the wilderness to hunt and trade with First Nations.
What is Coureur de Bois?
The King of France sent orphan girls to New France to encourage people to move and settle there.
Why did the King send Filles du Roi to New France and paid for their dowries?
Charter
What is permission from a king given to a company to hunt and trade in an area.
Their main goal was to gain control of the land, farm, and settle permanently there.
What were the British economic goals?
They were more interested in partnering with them and trading.
What was the French relationship with the First Nations?
The person who represented the King. He controlled the military and looked after external relations.
What is the Governor of New France.
British government had more people in the decision making process. They were more dependent on consensus than the French. They also had groups like the elected council that represented the people. The French King gave orders which would go through the governor, intendant, bishop, and council. There was much less democracy in the process.
What is the difference between the French and British government of their colonies?
The regulated economic system that makes countries rich from their colonies. (For example, harvesting beaver pelts, shipped back to Europe, made into hats, and then sold for profit.)
What is mercantalism?
This a largely, unexplored wilderness area. First Nations lived here. Other than that, only some traders and forts were set up.
What is Rupert's Land.
Mean names "traveller". They traveled between fur trade posts across the Great Lakes.
What is the voyageurs?
They built hospitals and orphanages. Groups called Missionaries would convert First Nations. People also consulted them when they needed advice. They were very important in the community and people's reputation depended on them.
What is the Catholic Church?