EDEE 280 Lecture Notes - Maple Syrup, Tadoussac, Paul De Chomedey, Sieur De Maisonneuve
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Main economic activities in new france the fishing trade: cod: europeans came off coast of nfld & started setting up bases came into contact with. Fn: green fishery on a boat, made 2 trips/year, dry fishery brought everything back to shore the fur trade: beaver, sign of status & wealth, depleted in europe so came to na for them, main centres. Tadoussac one of the 1st trading posts for french; connected french to. Quebec city impact on fn disrupted lifestyles, brought disease; algonquians lost self-sufficiency, were the 1st middle man & had beef with iroquois (france sided with a, english with i: material & cultural exchanges with the french. French learned blueberries, maple syrup, moccasins, show shoes & birch canoes. The company of one hundred associates (1627) The company of inhabitants (1645) let company of one hundred associates taken new france but wanted control of fur trade. Missionary zeal = roman catholic missionaries the black robe jesuits.