USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Dance performances, song recitals and concerts, improvised or organized, were equally well received by the people of New France. Reading was also a favourite pastime among the members of the population who could read and preferred to relax at home.

Detailed explanation-2: -Settlers migrated mostly for work. The first were companions of great explorers like Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain; later on, others settled for the long term. The latter were usually the engagés, labourers also nicknamed “trente-six mois” (thirty-six months) because they were hired on three-year contracts.

Detailed explanation-3: -At its peak, the French colony of New France stretched over a vast area from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Louisiana. The French presence was characterized by extensive trade, as well as by recurrent conflicts with the Indigenous peoples, who were established over a wide area that France sought to appropriate.

Detailed explanation-4: -In town, many people would go to inns and taverns. There, they would drink spirits and play cards, billiards, backgammon or dice.