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WHO’S WHO IN NEW FRANCE JIGSAW
Topic: The Jesuit Missions
1. Who were the Jesuits?
With whom were they
partners?
Text – pg 232
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An order of Roman Catholic priests
Partners with the Company of Hundred
Associates
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Cardinal Richelieu (and the King of France –
Louis XIII) sent the Jesuits to spread the
“good news” to the Natives
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They were prepared to go anywhere and
make any sacrifice to spread the influence of
the church
They were also prepared to adapt to Native
traditions and customs
Learning the languages (so different from
French or Latin)
Complicated language – some words have
many different meanings
2. Whose idea was it to send
Jesuits to New France?
3. What made the Jesuits
different/ more successful
than other missionary
groups?
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4. What difficulties did the
Jesuits face?
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5. What was the long term
consequence of some Natives
converting?
Consider:
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The difficulties you face
The rewards (benefits) of
life in New France
Your feelings about the
people (groups) with whom
you must interact
What contributions
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It caused a split in the Huron nation (from
those who refused to join the Church)
This split made the nation more vulnerable to
attack
Socials 9
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(positive & negative) are
you responsible for?
WHO’S WHO IN NEW FRANCE JIGSAW
Topic: Coureurs de Bois
1. Who were the coureurs de
bois?
Text – pg 234
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Independent traders of the fur industry
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They went to the Natives to trade furs when
the Iroquois stopped other Native groups
from bringing furs to the St Lawrence region
(in order to trade)
Not really, the monopolies like the Company
of Hundred Associates were supposed to
control the fur trade
Waterways
Birch – bark canoes (made by Algonkians)
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Pierre Radison
Medart de Groseilliers
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The Verendrye Family
2. Why were the coureurs de
bois necessary?
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3. Were the coureurs de bois
legal?
4. What did the coureurs de
bois use to travel?
5. Which two famous
coureurs de bois convinced
Charles II to create the
Hudson Bay Company?
6. Which family first crossed
the prairies and established
trading posts?
Consider:
 The difficulties you face
 The rewards (benefits) of
life in New France
 Your feelings about the
people (groups) with whom
you must interact
 What contributions
Socials 9
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(positive & negative) are
you responsible for?
WHO’S WHO IN NEW FRANCE JIGSAW
Topic: Habitants
1. What two things did life
revolve around?
2. What type of employment
could habitants find?
3. How did the living
conditions in New France
compare with those in
France?
Text – pg 240
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The manor and the Church
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Fur trade – if they could be spared
Farmers – women often were
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Often better than back in France
French paid 600 X’s more in rent and taxes
(habitants often did not have to pay taxes)
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Habitants often saw themselves as superior
to peasants in France
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Pigs, chickens, ducks, geese and some cows
(milk, butter, and cheese), peas, fish, fruits
and berries
Music, story-telling, attended Church,
worked together with field work
4. How did the attitude of
the habitants compare to
those of the French
peasants?
5. What did the habitants
eat a lot of?
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6. How did the habitants
entertain themselves?
Consider:
 The difficulties you face
 The rewards (benefits) of
life in New France
 Your feelings about the
people (groups) with whom
you must interact
 What contributions
Socials 9
Name:
(positive & negative) are
you responsible for?
WHO’S WHO IN NEW FRANCE JIGSAW
Topic: Women
Text – pg 243
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Fur trading companies didn’t want to build up
communities of farmers
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First women sent were nuns (to convert and
educate)
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The Ursuline Order of Nuns
To convert and educate Natives
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Could not carry on business, sue, be sued,
dispose of her own property without
husband’s consent
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Since men were away travelling they learned
to buy and sell as well as other business skills
1. Why were there so few
women in the initial years of
New France?
2. What was the occupation
of many of the first women
in the colony?
3. What religious order did
Marie L’Incarnation found in
1668? Why?
4. What legal rights were
denied to women in New
France?
5. How did women participate
in business and the economy
regardless of legalities?
Consider:
 The difficulties you face
 The rewards (benefits) of
life in New France
 Your feelings about the
people (groups) with whom
you must interact
 What contributions
(positive & negative) are
you responsible for?
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Topic #5: Government (pg. 238) & The Seigneury (pg. 232 & 240)
Question/Main Ideas
The Government
Topic
Who was France’s first
intendant?
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Jean Talon
Why was there a need for
a governmemt?
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What were Talon’s
contributions to
developing New France?
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France needed settlers
provide an organized defence system
someone to organize basic industries to provide
resources and services for people of New France
made it stronger
self-sufficient
more profitable (made $)
recruited women (filles du roi) to be married to the
French settlers
established a mercantile system (market)
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What was Frontenac’s role
in the government?
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Question/Main Ideas
The Seigneury
first governor
he ordered the coureurs de bois to look for more furs,
extending the boundaries of the colony
he tried to ruin the alliance with the Iroquois,
eventually forced back to France
Topic
What were seigneuries?
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parcels of land handed out to peasant farmers
similar to the manor system used in the middle ages
What was the role and
responsibility of the
seigneur?
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build and live in a manor house
hold court in the case of disputes
attract settlers
provide security and defence
Who were the habitants?
What were their
responsibilities?
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French peasant farmers
lives were centered around the manor and the Church
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work the land, life was based on the cycle of crops
work in small industries (mill, tannery…) & the fur
trade
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