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what are the habitats
The poor farmers who rented the farmland from the seigneurs
What are the filles de rois
Daughters of the king were single and or orphaned women in France who were sent to New France to Mary and start families to help populate the new colony
What are some of the things that Europeans traded in the fur trade
, brass pots, knives needles and cloth
What is a colony
a settlement established in a new country by people from a different country
What are the missionaries?
Someone who goes or is sent to another country to convert to their religion or do charitable work
What is a hierarchy
A system where people are ranked one above the other according to their status
What are some of the transportation methods in New France
Birchbark canoe/snowshoes
What is a convert
To change religions the clergy tried to get the first nations people to change their religion and convert to Christianity
Who are the Acadians
Acadian Community Concepts of the Descendants of French Settlers who arrived between 1604 and 1755 in what is now known as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
What are the seigneurs
The owner of the land plot of New France they were often wealthy men of nobility back in France
What is a pelt
Burnt skin of an animal used to make household items and clothing
What is the Treaty of Utrecht 1713
A Treaty of Peace and Friendship between France/Britain. Britain and France fought over the right to control land (near the Atlantic Ocean) and natural resources (cod fishing and fur trade)
What are the coureur de bois
Runner the Woods were men who made their careers as fur traders in the forest of new friends
What is the fur trade
The Europeans brought over some other goods like brass pots and treated them for warm clothes
The expulsion of the Acadians
Since the Acadians would not swear allegiance to Britain in 1755 they were forced off their land by British soldiers and sent away on British ships homes were burned down things were taken and families were separated