SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Building a Church
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Building a Mill
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Finding Habitants to live on the land
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Building roads to the city
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Detailed explanation-1: -The seigneur had to have a manor house built on the seigneurie and to live in it. He was also responsible for building and maintaining a wheat mill. The habitants, for their part, had to pay the seigneur taxes called “cens” – giving rise to the term “censitaire” applied to them – and rent, in money or farm products.
Detailed explanation-2: -The seigneurial system was based on the feudal system, which involved the personal dependency of censitaires (tenants) on the seigneur. In New France the similarities ended with occupation of land and payment of certain dues. The tenant was normally referred to as a habitant.
Detailed explanation-3: -The seigneurial system was a way of dividing up land that would be used mostly for farming. This system was used in the part of Canada that was known as New France. The land was divided into sections called seigneuries. The French king gave each seigneury to an important person in New France.
Detailed explanation-4: -The seigneur in return was required by the crown to live upon the land, build a grist mill for the farmers, settle civil disputes and grant timber, hunting and fishing rights. The relationship between the lord and tenant, though hierarchical, was not at all like landlord-tenant relationships today.