HIS263Y1 Lecture : the royal takeover and the transformation of new france
Document Summary
The royal takeover and the clash of empires: the royal takeover. 1661: louis xiv, sun king : rises to the thrown of france. Broadly speaking, it is essentially state control of the economy; however, there is a more precise definition: colonies existed in order to benefit the. J. b colbert: minister of the marine; he is they colonial minister. Oversees the ministration of france"s colonies, including nf: they seek to transform nf and turn it into a french province. They seek to export to north america the governmental structure, and economic systems that exist in. Governmental change: impose on nf the governmental structures of france itself. At the top of the structure was louis himself. They key ideological justification that allows him to occupy this position is something called the divine right of kinfs: notion that maintains that political authority stems from divinity (god himself), rather than consent from people.
