New France inquiry
Government structure
Jean talon was the first intendant of new France
The governor was responsible for the king
Have Montcalm, James wolf, and other historians comment on his post
Today the Governor General is connected to the Crown, but Canada no longer answers to Britain.
settlement patterns
Farmers must pay rent for land.
The purpose of the system was to promote settlement
Were divided into skinny rectangular strips along the river.
There are responsibilities for both the landlord and the tenant
many towns were built in a grid pattern.
Samuel de Champlain
He had a permanent trading post in Quebec City.
fur trade
fur trading was essential for survival
fur trading created an economy.
There was a game for fur trading
It was run by the Hudson bay company.
It brought people together.
relations beetween french and first nations in new france
the europians brought daseases such as: small pox to the first nations.
the relationship was fairly positive, because the first nations can navigate the Europeans
they traded with one another.
There were many conflicts between the two groups.
the first nations lost their traitional lands and cultural practices
the colony of acadia
they were friends with the first nations
they isolated themself from the french.
champlain created acaidia on the bay of fundy
daily life
women worked as nuns and nurses.
they all wore fur or lether for clothing.
they usualy eat squash, corn, bird, fish, or edible plants.