HIS263Y5 Lecture Notes - Fort Richelieu, Jean Talon, The Jesuit Relations
Document Summary
Royal takeover & consolidation of new france may 22: becoming a royal colony. 1629 quebec was captured by the brothers, how tentative the foothold was before 1650. Conflict with iroq shake the period, french were attacked in south in fort richelieu, abandoned in 1640 (quebec). Huronia and ste marie aux hurons destroyed in 1649. New france was identified by its agriculture (cotton and tobacco) they lacked cash crops, the only substitute was fur from the fur trade. They had to journey inland, the huron had dislocated from their homeland so the. French traded with the jibwa, during this period and pursuit of fur trade the french were fearful of the iroq and there raids, they could disrupt their ship patterns. Signed a peace treaty after 1666 (french did strike back and obtained 20 yrs of peace). Louis the 14th came to power, as 5 year old in 1661. Advisors ran it, absolutism: centralization of legal, military and economic power.
