SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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the farmers and citizens of New France
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the official in charge of the day-to-day affairs of New France
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orphan girls sent to the colony to marry a colonist in New France
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a religious person who attempted to convert non-Christians to Christianity
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Detailed explanation-1: -Intendant: Second most important official, in charge of day-to-day affairs of the colony, managed the colony. (First Intendant of New France was Jean Talon).
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Intendant of New France was an administrative position in the French colony of New France. He controlled the colony’s entire civil administration. He gave particular attention to settlement and economic development, and to the administration of justice.
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.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Intendants to the provinces–the term “Intendant” appears around 1620 during the reign of Louis XIII – became an effective tool of regional control. Under Louis XIII’s minister Cardinal Richelieu, with France’s entry into the Thirty Years’ War in 1635, the Intendants became a permanent institution in France.