USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As Intendant of Justice, Police and Finance, Talon arranged for young women, or the filles du roi, to come from France in order to correct the gender imbalance and populate the colony. He diversified the economy by establishing a lumber trade and “manufactories” to produce wool and textile products.

Detailed explanation-2: -Intendant of New France Jean Talon sought to contribute to the population settlement of New France. Almost 2, 000 immigrants and retired soldiers-notably from the Carignan-Salières Regiment-were settled on the land. He also oversaw the arrival of the Filles du Roi in the colony.

Detailed explanation-3: -He was sent to New France in 1665 to run the colony and help develop it into a strong part of the French empire. Officially he was the bureaucrat in charge of justice, public order and finance.

Detailed explanation-4: -He started the first commercial brewery in Canada, La Brasserie du Roy, in Québec City in 1668. Talon also worked to increase the population, the agricultural production, and the private sector of the burgeoning colony.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jean Talon, count d’Orsainville, in full Jean-Baptiste Talon, count d’Orsainville, (born c. 1625, Châlons-sur-Marne, France-died November 1694, Paris), French statesman and the first intendant of New France (Canada), who tried with some success to develop its economy.