IB SOCIALS NEW FRANCE Flashcards
What is a Priest?
Person who provided services to their followers.
What is a Bishop?
Person who is head of the church.
What are Nuns?
Women who were in education (teachers) and part of the healthcare (nurses) whom assisted the believers.
What is a Seigneur?
Noble, merchant or religious leader who was granted a large piece of land in New France.
What is a Habitant?
Generally service of a seigneur (landlord), paid taxes, farmed the land for food.
What are Duties?
One’s ordered job.
Who are Missionaries?
Religious people whose job was to convert indigenous peoples to Catholicism.
What role did the church play in New France? What role did the missionaries play? What was the significance of the church in New France?
The church played as the centre of religious and social life in New France. The missionaries were religious individuals whose duty was to promote the conversion of indigenous people to catholicism. The Roman Catholic Church was the heart of New France, as it provided moral, spiritual guidance, as well as education, charity and healthcare for those who lived there.
Define seigneury, what were the duties of the seigneurs and habitants? Why were they important?
Seigneury is a large mass of land, distributed among seigneurs to fulfill their and habitants and duties.
Both seigneurs and habitants played a crucial role in the colony’s social and economic structure by promoting settlement and agriculture development.
Among the various duties, seigneurs had to build churches, act as a judge among habitant’s disputes… while habitants had to pay taxes, clear the land, build their own houses, farm, pay the seigneurs a share of their crops and use mills to grind wheat into flour.
What initiated the Seven Years War in the Ohio Valley?
The British attacked first, but the French countered with guerrilla warfare.
What was the significance of the St. Lawrence River?
It served as a waterway for British forces to access Montreal and Quebec.
What was the outcome of the Battle of Quebec?
The British won Quebec on the Plains of Abraham, forcing Montcalm to engage in battle.
Where did the Battle of Quebec take place?
The battle occurred on the Plains of Abraham, outside the old Quebec walls.
Who was Montcalm?
He was the Commander in Chief for New France and began the capture of the British fort at Oswego.
Who was Wolfe?
He was the Commander in Chief for Britain, known for his determination to win the war.
What is the role of an Intendent in a French Colony?
An Intendent held an administrative position that controlled the entire civil administration.
What happened at Fort Duquesne?
The British, led by Wolfe, took down Fort Duquesne by attacking the French directly from their colony.
Fort Duquesne was a symbol of French dominance.
What was the significance of Fort Frontenac?
The British army surprised the French at Fort Frontenac and took it down to cut off one end of the supplies.
How did the British capture Louisburg?
The British army surrounded Louisburg with cannons and cut off their supplies to ensure surrender from the French.
What occurred at Fort William Henry?
The French successfully attacked Fort William Henry.
What did Montcalm achieve at Oswego?
Montcalm captured the British fort at Oswego and seized warships, cannons, and ammunition to gain control of Lake Ontario and remove a threat to Fort Frontenac.
What was the purpose of the French at Ticonderoga?
The French went there to build a fort to reinforce their military presence in an area of British colonies.
Who are Canadiens?
Canadiens are Canadians who are French.
