HIST 2260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: The Christian Guardian, Jeanne Mance, Ignace Bourget
22 Nov 2016
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New france aka quebec city was founded in 1608 as a trading post. Catholic priests were there but were solely to minister the traders because at the time. Initially new france was controlled by private companies by the french kings who exploited north americas resources, the most well-known was compagnie des cent- In 1640 montreal was founded as a religious settlement with the aid of jeanne mance (a woman) who founded the first hospital in north america. The catholic church helped with schools until the early 2000"s and hospitals until the. 1658 new france got its first bishop; fran ois de laval. 1663, new france was now a french province instead of being controlled by french companies. 1840 the catholic church in quebec gained social and cultural authority until the 1960"s, Canada in general: lower canada is mainly catholic and upper canada mainly.
