HISB40H3 Lecture 3: Lecture 3 (2010 fall)
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Of new france: 3000: clustered around st. lawrence river, acadia, canada. most important part: upper country, louisiana. 7 to 1 male-female ratio not good for procreation, most women are nuns: not sustained for population growth, discouraged when fur trade companies are in control. Louis xiv"s strategy the sun king: divine monarchy absolute from god, unquestionable, fur trade and territory was a big investment, committed the resources of france to new france. canada st. lawrence river valley: invested in security of the colony. difficult to persuade people to come to new france due to iroquois attack. 800 in quebec (walled city), rest in scattered farmland vulnerable. send in a regiment of the french army the carginan-salieres. Inexperienced, but a lot, 1200: boosted the population, uniforms and muskets, showing force against the iroquois, marched them into iroquois territory, iroquois retreated, regiment burned all iroquois settlement scared them. Iroquois continued to harass new france in leagues with the english.
