SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NEW FRANCE
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orphan girls sent to the colony to marry a colonist in New France
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the farmers and citizens of New France
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a religious person who attempted to convert non-Christians to Christianity
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a territory of land that is controlled by another country
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 17th-and 18th-century New France, habitants were independent landowners who established a homestead. Their status came with certain privileges and obligations. For example, during the colony’s early years, only habitants had the right to small-scale fur trading .
Detailed explanation-2: -Habitants were free individuals; seigneurs simply owned a “bundle of specific and limited rights over productive activity within that territory". The seigneur – habitant relationship was one where both parties were owners of the land who split the attributes of ownership between them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Each plot of land in rural New France was owned by a seigneur and he would offer sections of his land to families, who were known as habitants. The habitants would live on their piece of land, farm it for food, and pay taxes to the seigneur. This was how all newcomers to the colony lived.
Detailed explanation-4: -Between 1535 and 1763, approximately 10, 000 French migrants (including 2, 000 women) are believed to have settled in New France. From those migrants, the Canadian population was born. Settlers migrated mostly for work.