SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The king of England
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The Governor of New France
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The King of France
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The Prime Minister
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Detailed explanation-1: -Louis XIV integrated New France into the royal domain, endowed it with a new administration and founded the French West India Company. By the Treaty of Utrecht, France ceded most of Acadia to the Kingdom of Great Britain as well as its claims on Newfoundland and Hudson’s Bay.
Detailed explanation-2: -King Louis XIV and his chief minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert gave New France a government similar to that of a French province. In New France-unlike France-there were no powerful local leaders to compete with the royal administration. On paper, New France was a model of absolutist rule.
Detailed explanation-3: -Samuel de Champlain, founder of Quebec, is considered the ‘Father of New France.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jean Talon, intendant of New France (baptized 8 January 1626 in Châlons-sur-Marne, France; died 24 November 1694 in France). He served as New France, Acadia and Newfoundland’s first “Intendant of Justice, Public order and Finances” between 1665–1668 and 1669–1672.