HIS263Y1 Lecture 5: Lecture 5-Sept 23.docx
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1) change over time: continuity over time, action and defect. ^^^dates-periodizing: the royal takeover and the transformation of new frace. Both english and french are mother tongue in canada. Regional composition to the french population in canada today. A few people in new brunswick agriculturally industrizlied land. Economy tried to develop-but centred on fur trading-however both could only produce enough crop for subsistence: 1643-king came to the thrown louis ivx-came into his majority-the growing and continual strength of colonization. He wanted to expand the french colony-both nationally and overseas absolutism: the belief in the centralization of all military legal and financial power. One signature element of louis 14 policy was creating a separate policy in versailles- making himself the centre of all decision making-he had strong interest in promoting colonization. He was devoutly catholic-this was significant-because he wanted to support the catholic church overseas-giving state protection to the relgion. Sun king -french and the french courts should revolve around him.
