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Chapter 1 - The New Comers
Chapter 2 - The Society of New France
Chapter 3 - The Final Years of New France
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Who was sent to New France in 1534
Jacques Cartier
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People who had one First Nations parent and one European parent were known as?
Metis
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Why were the French explores interested in Canada?
The were interested in finding furs, and precious stones and metals.
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Describe the civil hierarchy?
King-Viceroy-Intendant/Governor-Citizens
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in 1701, 1300 representatives of more than 40 First Nations peoples met leaders of New France in Montreal to do what?
Sign a treaty known as the "Great Peace of Montreal"
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The name of these people means "runners of the woods". The name was given to Europeans who traveled inland to trade furs
Coureur des bois
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What is mercantilism?
an economic system in which a colony provides the parent country with cheap raw materials and buys manufactured goods and return.
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What two goals did the Jesuit Priests have in mind?
To spread the Roman Catholic Religion, and to establish schools for boys.
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What was the Governor responsible for?
He was responsible for seeing that the king's orders were carried out. He appointed members to the council, and was responsible for relationships between New France and any other European groups in North America.
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Why was Acadia so vulnerable to attack?
It was difficult to defend considering it was in close proximity to the ocean and New England.
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He was the first Governor of New France.
Count Frontenac
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Describe triangle trade?
an economic system in which a colony could trade only with its parent country or with other colonies from the same colony.
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Who were the filles du roi?
young women, often orphans in the care of the Church, sent to marry settlers in New France.
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What was the Indendant responsible for?
The finance and justice of New France, and seeing that the rules and laws of the council were obeyed
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What is an oath of allegiance?
a statement of loyalty and trust
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He was the first Bishop of New France.
Francois de Laval
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Who won the seven years war?
British
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What does assimilate mean?
to absorb one group of people into a larger group and make them the same.
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Describe the religious hierarchy?
Pope-bishop-Priest.
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What is the "Thin Red Line"
a battle strategy by the British where three rows of men formed. each taking their turn to shoot while the others knelt and loaded their guns.
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Who were the two Generals fighting in New France, and what colony did they belong to?
British - Wolfe French - Montcalm
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Why did France give up Acadia while keeping Guadaloupe and Martinique?
Acadia offered the same goods as New France. Guadaloupe and Martinique offered sugar and cotton which could be found nowhere else.
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What is one thing Habitants do each season of the year?

Habitants had to pay the seigneur taxes called "cens" – giving rise to the term "censitaire" applied to them – and rent, in money or farm products. Each year they were also required to put in several days of work, known as “corvées”, for the seigneur

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Who went to school and what did they study.
mostly boys. If the went past grade 7, it was intended for them to become, priests, doctors, or lawyers.
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What happened during the Plains of Abraham?

British forces led by General James Wolfe decisively defeated French troops under General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, resulting in the British capture of Quebec and a turning point in the Seven Years' War in North America. New France collapsed.

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