Chapter 2 (textbook) Flashcards
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- Why did France finance sea voyages to the West?
- Where did Cartier set an anchor?
- When were his voyages?
- What did he discover? (places)
- to find a new route to Asia and its precious metals
- Gaspé Peninsula
- 1534, 1535, 1542
- Gulf St. Lawrence and Montreal
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The first settlements
-Why were Jacques Cartier’s explorations considered failures?
-Where did fishing vessels often travel and why?
-What did they begin to exchange?
- He hadn’t found a route to Asia or precious metals
- Newfoundland, Gulf of St. Lawrence and to fish cod
- household objects for furs
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The first settlements
-What did the King of France grant merchants and trading companies?
-What was the official purpose of the colonists?
- The right to explore the territory and establish a colony
2. convert Amerindians to Catholicism and to populate the territory
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The first settlements
-What did Samuel de Champlain discover and when?
-What natural resources did he find?
-Where did he set up settlements?
-What marks the beginning of the French regime?
- St. Lawrence Valley, 1603 and 1608
- wood, fur, fish, fertile soil
- Acadia, Ile St-Croix, Port-Royal
- The establishment of Quebec in 1608
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- When did the French regime begin?
- What events were associated with this date?
- How many years did the French regime last?
- 1608
- Founding of Quebec
- 155
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- What was the principal means of transportation in New French at the time of Cartier and Champlain?
- Which of the following was the first permanent settlement in NF: Tadoussac, Quebec City, Louisbourg?
- Boats on the St. Lawrence and canoes on rivers
2. Quebec City
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Mercantilism
-What is mercantilism?
Mother country gets raw materials from its child country that are needed to manufacture finished projects. These products were then sold to other countries in exchange for precious metals.
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- What was the principal commodity of New France?
- What did the French need to do since the Amerindians were supplying the merchandise?
- Fur (beaver fur, to make hats)
2. needed to build a network of contacts
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A slow and difficult start
-What did companies preferred to invest their profits in?
-What did the French have difficulty adapting to?
- new trade routes
2. winter
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Coureurs des bois
-Who adopted lifestyle similar to the Amerindians?
-What are they known as?
- Young Frenchmen, dressed like Natives, attracted by nature, wilderness and agriculture. Trapped, hunted and prepared skins.
- Coureurs des bois
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The company of 100 associates
-Who founded the company and what was it also known as?
-Why was it called the company of 100 associates?
-Who was also one of these associates?
-What did they promise?
-Did they fulfill this promise?
- Cardinal de Richelieu, a.k.a Company of New France
- It’s made up of 100 shareholders
- Samuel de Champlain
- To move 4000 colonists to the territory
- No, they only brought 900
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- Who has more territory, New France or New England?
- Who has more people living there?
- New France
2. New England
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- To stock up on furs, the French nurtured relationships with ___________. These alliances were not only commercial but also _________.
- The trading routes traveled by the Natives and fur traders followed the territory’s network of _________. These trails and passages all led to __________ set up along the shares of ___________.
- Amerindian natives, military
2. Coureurs de bois, trading post, waterways
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- What was the promise made by the 100 associates?
- What is the first priority of a commercial enterprise?
- To populate New France
2. To make profits
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Give three reasons that explain why population growth in New France was so slow before 1663.
- France did not have the will to invest in a colony, it was at war with England
- The trading company was more concerned with making $ than populating New France
- War with Iroquois/cold, harsh winter