Colonization
The main resource that Europeans valued in Canada
What is Fur?
The leader of the Haudenosaunee who met Cartier.
Who was Donnaconna?
Women sent to New France by the king to marry and help grow the population of New France by having families. They were known as the "king's daughters."
Who were Les Filles du Roi?
Colony
What is a territory of land that is controlled by another country?
The main reason for European countries to compete for colonies
What is to gain power and wealth?
The "runners of the woods" who worked in the early French fur trade and lived among the First Nations.
Who were the Coureur de bois?
The name of the French settlement that was later moved to the St. Lawrence River.
What is Quebec?
Imperialism
What is a system where countries extend their control over other nations?
This European country was the first to have a lasting impact on the identity of Canada.
What is France?
The French explorer who claimed the Gaspe Peninsula for the King of France in 1534
Who was Jacques Cartier?
The first Intendant of New France.
Who was Jean Talon?
Trade monopoly
What is when only one company or group is allowed to sell or trade a product in a certain area?
How society was structured in the colonies of New France and Acadia.
What is a society based on the seigneurial system, with seigneurs renting land to habitants who were farmers, and an economy relying on the fur trade and agriculture?
The map-maker and explorer who set up a colony in North America. He made an alliance with the Wendat peoples and fought with them against the Haudenosaunee. He is known as the "Founder of New France."
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
Port Royal on the Bay of Fundy, which is now in Nova Scotia.
What is the first French settlement in North America?
Habitants
Who are Francophone (French-speaking) farmers of New France?
The role the Catholic Church played in New France.
What is holding religious services, taught school, ran hospitals, and cared for the poor.
An order of missionaries who came to North America to convert First Nations peoples to the Catholic religion
Who were the Jesuits?
The population of New France after 14 years of settlement.
Was is 10'000 people?
The Seigneurial system
What is the name of the system in which the king gave large tracts of land along the St. Lawrence River to nobles, who rented the land to farmers in return for a portion of their crops or rental fees?