Newcomers
A settlement established in a new country by people from a different colony
What is a colony?
Also known as the "Father of New France"
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
This company was founded in 1670
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
Fur skin of an animal used to make household items and clothing
What is a pelt?
The owner of land plots in New France; they were often wealthy men of nobility back in France
Who is a seigneur?
Name one reason the fur trade was important to the First Nations people.
The First Nations acquired ammunition and access to tools and metals.
The french term for “runner of the woods”
Who are the coureurs de bois?
The poor farmers who rented the farm land from the seigneurs
Who is a habitant
The French missionaries wanted to convert all First Nations to this religion.
What is Christianity?
Women who came at the King's expense to New France to marry and settle there
Who are les filles du roi?
What were the responsibilities of the Bishop in France?
Name two reasons why the fur trade was important to the Europeans
Survival OR created an economy
This explorer arrived in the New World and found an abundance of fish and fur.
Jacques Cartier
This group made the laws in New France.
Who is the Sovereign Council?
What impact did the fur trade have on the lifestyle and culture of the First Nations people?
Essential part of the fur trade
Increased conflict between Algonquins and Iroquis in competition for control of St. Lawrence
Travel far for furs
The culture of the Metis was created