SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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voyageurs
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soldiers
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hunters
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habitants
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 17th-and 18th-century New France, habitants were independent landowners who established a homestead. Their status came with certain privileges and obligations. For example, during the colony’s early years, only habitants had the right to small-scale fur trading.
Detailed explanation-2: -About one quarter of the population of New France lived in towns where they were either royal officials, military officers, merchants or artisans.
Detailed explanation-3: -Royal New France In 1604, the first European settlement north of Florida was established by French explorers Pierre de Monts and Samuel de Champlain, first on St. Croix Island (in present-day Maine), then at Port-Royal, in Acadia (present-day Nova Scotia).
Detailed explanation-4: -In great demand in a country where everything was yet to be built, masons, stonecutters, joiners and carpenters formed the largest contingent of artisans in the colony. They helped build public buildings and convents, as well as fortifications, mills, small boats and private residences.