Chapter 2 Flashcards
Chapter 2
Acadians
People from Acadia, the first French settlements in North America; now part of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
Colonialism
The practice of one country exercising political, economic, and cultural power and control over another region or people
Coureurs de Bois
Unlicensed French fur traders who travelled among and live with First Nations or the Northwest
Filles de roi
Young French women forcibly sent to Nouvelle-France to become the wives of colonists
Jesuits
Missionaries from a Roman Catholic order known as the Society of Jesus; provided religious, educational, social support to colonists on Nouvelle-France
Mercantilism
An economic theory that a country can accumulate wealth by importing raw materials from and exporting manufactured goods to colonies
Middleman
First Nations people who profited in the fur trade a intermediaries between inland First Nations and European traders
Monopoly
Exclusive rights to trade or conduct business in a particular area
Parish
A community organized around a church
Seigneurial system
A method of land ownership in which a lord or seigneur rents out land to habitants who farm the land
Seven Years War
French and English battle for control over area just south of the Great Lakes, known as Ohio Valley
Terrance nullius
Latin expression meaning “nobody’s land”. It was a principle sometimes used in international law to justify claims that territory may be acquired by a state’s occupation of it.
Treaty of Paris
(1763) the treaty that ended the Seven Years War between Britian and France; (1783) the treaty that ended the American War of Independence and Britians colonial ties to the United States of America
Treaty of Utrecht
(1713) a treaty between Britian and France in which Nouvelle-France lost vast territories to British control
French and British hostilities
- Deportation of the Acadians
- Seven years war
- Battle of the plains of Abraham
