Chapter 2 Flashcards
Imperialism
A country extending its control over other countries, often using economic or military means (war)
Empires
Networks of colonies controlled by a single country sometimes called the home country
Ex France was an Empire
Ecconomics
Financial considerations Sell beaver pelts and other resources
Competition
Countries were in competition for land, The more colonies the country controlled the more power it had. And more resources they got from the colonies the more armies and navies they could build up.
Religion
Most Europeans were Christian faith.
France - Catholic
England- Protestant
Curiosity
Europeans were curios about what was beyond the horizon. Which pushed them to explore.
Monopoly
King granted Trade monopoly to a group of merchants in return the merchants agreed to build settlements in north america and live in them.
Acadians
First Settlers of Quebec that lived in the Bay of Fundy in the area called Acadia
Fishers, Farmers and hunters
Sovereign Counsel
a government with three officials Ex. a governor, an intendant and a bishop, set up by king louis XIV to govern the colony of New France.
Governor
The most powerful member of the Sovereign counsel who was the kings representative.
Usually an army officer and a noble.
Looked after the defence of the colony
Intendent
The second most important official of the Sovereign Counsel.
Took care of the day-to-day affairs (things to do)
Bishop
The head of the church in the colony
Member of the Sovereign Counsel.
Jesuits
an order of missionaries who came to North America to convert First nations peoples to the Catholic religion.
seigneurial system
a social system based on nobles who rented land to farmers.
Jacques cartier
1534- set out across the Atlantic with two ships.
1535- returned to North America with three ships and 110 men
1536-forcibly took Donnacona and nine other villagers back to Europe
Coureurs de bios
- a unique group of adventurers.
* they married First Nations women and those baby’s became the first metis.
Silk Road Vs. Spiced Route
The Spice Routes- also known as Maritime Silk Roads, is the name given to the network of sea routes that link the East with the West.
Silk Road- was on land over Asia from China
Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet
was sent by the king with Louis Jolliet to find out where the Mississippi river flowed.
Pierre de Monts
- sailed to North America to set up a colony.
- took Samuel de Champlain with him
- established a settlement at Port Royal on the Bay of Fundy- ACADIA
Samuel de Champlain
- develop fur trade in Quebec.
- helped the Wendat fight the Haudenosaunee
- he was a map maker and explorer
Ettienne Brule
*apart of first adventures called Coureurs de Bois.
- In 1610, the French and the Wendat agreed to a cultural exchange.
- Brûlé lived in Wendat- Liked :)
- Savignon went to live in France.- Hated :(
Pierre Radisson
- the most adventurous coureurs de bois
- Radisson came to New France in 1650 as a boy.
- Mohawk adopted him for two years
- learned to speak their language and survive in the woods.
1492
Queen Isabella sent Christopher Columbus west across the Atlantic.
1534
Jacques Cartier set out across the Atlantic with two ships.
