NOUVELLE FRANCE Flashcards
who was JAQUES CARTIER?
a french explorer, first recognized that they needed the indigenous peoples help and resources
what happened in cartiers FIRST expedition?
he came into contact with the first nations people and their leader (donnacona), and persuaded him to allow his two sons to go back to france with him
what were donnaconnas sons taught?
they were taght french so that they could be effective translators, and they taght cartier about the land and resources
what happend during cartiers second voyage?
-he stopped at the first nations community stadacona
- he lost 25 of his men to scurvy,
-due to european diseases, the people at stadacona began to die from diseases
how did the relationships between Cartier (the french) and staradacona?
the death toll began to increase for first nations people
what did cartier do to donnancona?
kidnapped him and his 3 sons and brought them back to france
what happened in cartiers third and final voyage?
donnaconna had died, which angered the haudensonee people, and retaliated against the frnech. Cartier was forced to abort mission, and go back to france.
who was SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN?
- founder of quebec
what was the SEIGNURIAL SYSTEM?
A feudal land system where
large plots of land were
divided among seigneurs
(landlords).
all the tax money paid by the farmers would go to the church
who were thr courier de bois?
-runner of the woods”
-independent fur traders who traveled by canoe and independently hunted beaver pelts
-lived with indigenous peoples
who were LES FILLES DU ROI?
a group of 800 women sent to new france to help populate new france
what was the TREATY OF UTRECT?
a treaty signed to end spanish sucsession in europe, as well as fighting between the british and french.
- This treaty made france surrender almost all of newfoundland to britain
