SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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Question
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They were rich women who the King of France thought would make good mothers.
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They were poor women, ages 14-25.
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They were orphans and widows.
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They were women seeking adventures!
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Detailed explanation-1: -The king’s advisor, Minister Jean-Baptiste Colbert, sent the “Filles du Roi” as an incentive for male workers who had finished their contract and soldiers of the Carignan-Salières regiment (which had just been demobilized) to settle in the colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -The majority of the “Filles du roi” [King’s Daughters] were impoverished orphans whose emigration was organized and supported by the royal administration.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Filles du roi were part of King Louis XIV’s program to promote the settlement of his colony in Canada. Some 737 of these women married and the resultant population explosion gave rise to the success of the colony.
Detailed explanation-4: -The King’s Daughters (French: filles du roi or filles du roy in the spelling of the era) is a term used to refer to the approximately 800 young French women who immigrated to New France between 1663 and 1673 as part of a program sponsored by King Louis XIV.