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Monopoly

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when only one company or group is allowed to sell or trade a product in a certain area

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Acadians

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A francophone citizen of Acadia

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Algonquin

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the place where the river narrows.

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Samuel de Champlain

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was a French navigator, cartographer, draftsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608.

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The Coureurs de Bois

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a woodsman or trader of French origin.

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Étienne Brûlé

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was the first European explorer to journey beyond the St. Lawrence River

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Pierre Radisson

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a French fur trader and explorer.

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Sieur des Groseilliers

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a French explorer and fur trader in Canada.

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Filles du Roi

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a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France.

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Governor

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the elected executive head of a state.

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Sovereign Council

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a governing body in New France. It served as both Supreme Court for the colony of New France.

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Intendant

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the administrator of an opera house or theater.

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Bishop

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a senior member of the Christian clergy, typically in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.

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Religion

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the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

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Ville-Marie

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is the name of a borough in the centre of the city of Montreal, Quebec.

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Seigneurial System

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an institutional form of land distribution established in New France in 1627 and officially abolished in 1854.

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Citizen

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a legally recognized subject or national of a state.

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Seigneurs

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Seigneurs are the lord of a manor.

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Habitants

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an early French settler in Canada

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Reasons for expansion

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the reason for expansion was to gain land and access to resources.

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