HIS 2361 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Jeanne Mance, Paul De Chomedey, Sieur De Maisonneuve, Protestantism
14 Feb 2017
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Hard to predict how many indigenous people there were. About 15000 crossings from france, buttony 5000 settlers. Ex soldiers that came over but did not settle. It is not until the 1640s that the population spikes: the foundation of montreal 1642, 1653 more colonists sent, 1660s another spike. And marrying the child of you godmother/father. Mainly come from the centre (north) of france. Around paris and ile du france, normandy, la rochelle, st onge. Area that had many ports: that are open to trade with the americas. The areas that were sending immigrants had a uni ed language. The other areas of france still had local dialects. The same thing happens for law making. In france it is not until the french revolution that uni es everything. Most of the immigrants to new france came from the urban centres of france. The most arrived as migrants, paid their own way, were hoping to attain land.
