Chapter 5 & 6 Flashcards
royal government was allowed if?
it would bring relief from the economic and physical threat of the iroquois
who were the hurons allied with?
french
who were the iroquois allied with?
english/dutch
what did new france need?
efficient administrators (a government), mere colonists, and a adequate military
political structure in new france
•monarchs ruled by divine right
•Louis XIV set up an administrative bureaucracy
who was jean talon?
•first intendant sent from france
•given responsibility for civil administration of justice, police, and finances
•wanted to bring peace and security to colony and expand resource base (fur trade)
citizenship under royal government
•individuals didn’t have right to vote
•only catholics could hold public office and collect tithes
•all news came from france
what is the seigneurial system?
•method of land distribution, hierarchical order, privilege and patronage
•habitant was given section of land and in return was expected to pay fees
what were the filles de roi?
•young unmarried woman sent so they could start families
what were engages?
young men who signed a contract to work for their masters
aboriginal marriages
cemented trade and military alliances
what were the effects of the fur trade?
•self sufficient people became dependent
•values changed
•companies began to manipulate
where was acadia located graphically?
new brunswick, nova scotia, and pei
why was acadia a neglected colony?
france seemed to want to keep possession of the land so that the english could not have it but didn’t want to finance military support
what was the treaty of utrecht?
france gave up its rights to acadia and hudson bay and newfoundland
