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New France

Main topic

Everyday Life in New France: Gender roles, food, clothing, etc.

Subtopic

Women wore shirts and skirts made of linen or fabric.

Men wore coats and knee-length trousers

The Acadian Colony

They got along well with the First Nations peoples.

The seigneurial system was weak or missing

Champlain founded a small settlement named Acadia on the Bay of Fundy.

The importance of the fur trade

Samuel de Champlain started the One Hundred Associates, who built a permanent trading post in Quebec City.

More demand for beaver pelts in Europe led to a greater need for fur trading.

The Influence of the Roman Catholic Church in New France

Parish priests also kept records of births, marriages, and deaths.

They helped grow France's colonies.

The Church kept order in the colony by being involved in settlers' daily lives.

The relationships between French and First Nations

They were deprived of their ancestral lands and cultural traditions.

There were many conflicts between the two groups.

Settlement Patterns

Habitants are farmers who cultivate the land and depend on the seigneur who holds ownership of it.

The residents relied on subsistence farming to provide for their food, heating, and shelter requirements.

80% of the population lived in rural areas controlled by the system.

It was a system of land distribution implemented in New France.

New France government

The governor was responsible to the king, and took advise from Sovereign Councils.

Jean Talon was New France's first intendant.