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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Mercantilism

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A regulated economic system that made a country rich from its colonies

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Monopoly

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The complete control of a resource by a single company

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Charter

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A set of rules and privileges granted to a company by a king or queen

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Primary source

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An original piece of information, such as a document or image

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Coexistence

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Two or more people of diverse cultures living together peacefully

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Immunity

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The ability of the body to fight off infection

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Epidemic

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The infection of a large population by a disease

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Dowry

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Money a woman brings to a marriage - a old custom

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Habitant

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A person who lived on land owned by seigneurs

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Seigneury

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A Seigneury was arranged so the habitants could go to the river

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Paysans

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They were known as peasants

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Corvee

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Where habitants “owned” their labor

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Coureur de bois

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“Runner of the woods”

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Voyageur

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A traveller

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Colony

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A region claimed and governed by a country from another part of the world

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Describe the life of a Coureur de Bois

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Means “runner of the woods”

Traded by running into the forest to seek and trade with the FN

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Describe the differences and similarities of the French and the British

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British

Wanted land for farms

Didn’t have high priority to convert the first Nation

Didn’t want partnerships with the first Nations

Protestant religion

Thought the first nations were obstacles

French

Catholic

Wanted to convert first Nations to Catholic

Wanted to partnership with first Nations

Had one leader

Wanted furs

Both

Wanted land

Both non-Christian people’s as inferior

Both use the land for agriculture

Boat traveled to what is now Canada

Both wanted to colonize

Both had elected assemblies

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