New France

Question 1

Who were the first European explorers of Canada

Answer 1

Vikings

Question 2

What was the kingdom of Saguenay

Answer 2

Cartier searched for it because the French said it was a land where people wore gorgeous clothes and gold jewellery

Question 3

Why did the French give up their attempts to colonize Canada in 1543

Answer 3

The winters were too harsh and people were dying of scurvy

The Iroquois also threatened war

Question 4

Who was Samuel de Champlain

Answer 4

He was a soldier, navigator, and a person interested in the Americas
Allied with the hurons

Question 5

How did the fur trade help the French to learn more about Canada

Answer 5

People were always travelling from place to place

Question 6

What is mercantilism

Answer 6

Taking materials from one colony and bringing them to a different one to sell them for more

Question 7

What’s a governor do and who was it

Answer 7

Fronetac; took postings and wanted business alliances

Question 8

What and who was intendant

Answer 8

Jean Talon; recruited women (kings daughters)

Question 9

Bishop

Answer 9

Senior member of christian clergy in charge of completing holy orders

Religious staff

Question 10

What was a Seigneur

Answer 10

A lord who defended the seigneury. He held court, built mills, attracted settlers, and was responsible for defence

Question 11

What was a habitant

Answer 11

Normal villager. Young people worked in the fur trade, women worked on farms and had kids

Question 12

Which First Nations group was allied with the French in the fur trade

Answer 12

Hurons

Question 13

Which people were required to work for a term of three years in return for passage to new France

Answer 13

Indentured servants

Question 14

Who were the first group of female missionaries to New France

Answer 14

Kings daughters

Question 15

Name order of Catholic priests who lived among the Huron in order to convert them to Christianity

Answer 15

Jesuits

Question 16

Women who went to New France at the kings expense to marry the colonists

Answer 16

Le filles de roi

Question 17

Which war ended with giving control of all the lands of North America being declared a British possession

Answer 17

Queen Anne’s war

“War of the Spanish succession”

Question 18

What did the indentured servants have to do to go to New France

Answer 18

Give a three year term

Question 19

Why were European countries interested in exploring and colonizing North America

Answer 19

European countries were interested in exploring and colonizing North America because Champlain thought that would be very profitable to sell stuff there. he wanted to expand his territories. He also become allies with the Hurons and turned against the Iroquois. He wanted to be able to use the hurons trade connections.

Question 20

What were some of the challenges with colonizing new France

Answer 20

One of the main challenges in colonizing New France was that Louis the 14th didn’t want to give up his land. The French are also always fighting with the Iroquois so it was very dangerous. There’s also very limited population, so there could only be a certain amount of people there. And winters are also extremely harsh. People were very sick and were often dying of scurvy.

Question 21

Who is the father of New France

Answer 21

Jean baptiste Colbert

Question 22

What were the relationships between the Europeans and the natives

Answer 22

Allies with the hurons
They set up trade with them
The French used the hurons’ trade connections to trade with other colonies
The Europeans sided with the hurons to battle the Iroquois

Question 23

Which people settled in the colony of New France

Answer 23

The people who settled in New France were the merchants and the servants. The merchants got materials from one colonization and sold them to others for more money to make a profit. He servants were people who would serve a three year term before being able to travel to New France. They served whoever they worked for and were eventually granted access to travel.