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Who created the seigneurial system and what is it?
King louis created the seigneurial system
- wealthy men are granted land to control with rights
what is “filled du roi”?
Jean Talon created the idea of young women who would come to new france and start new lives mx
- this worked at helping to build the colony. This helped at population growth.
What happened to the first nations because of the Jesuits?
Jesuits in French attempts at converting the indigenous caused negative effects like damage and disease. It split up the wendat and killed many wendat communities.
Who created the HBC?
Two brothers Radisson and Des Groseillers created the HBC company
what is the pontiac uprising?
Pontiac was leader
of Ottawa and attempted to unite first nations against the flow of colonist into first nations lands.
- Pontiac = ally with the French
- shocked the French lost the seven years war.
he wanted to do business with the British, but first nations, thought British had little respect for their traditions as inflation was happening to their items and their lands were being given to European newcomers.
