HIST 101 Study Guide - Samuel De Champlain, Lake Superior, New Balance
16 Dec 2012
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&&&writing assignment: ch 8 and 10 from writing history guide. Nova scotia, new brunswick, little bit of maine. Found in 1600s, by pierre dumont and samuel champlain. 55 seigneuries, no real effort to establish the class system from france, like in st. Formed relationships with aboriginals in the area, forming metis. Detached from main new france colony due to british-french ownership. Plaisance:colony established on the southwest coast of canada. Shery, some residents (admin, troops and shing families. ) Colbert realized the value of the shing industry. Competition (couriers de bois--- unlicensed, trying to cut out native middlemen by getting furs by themselves, and missionaries and explorers. ) Social problems (trade in alcohol, loss of farm labour, loss of power from seigneuries) Amnesty to couriers de bois, trying to encourage them to return. Ineffective, most couriers de bois stayed out of the colony and expand. Sent by frontenac to explore, trading along mississippi, Alliances with illinois upset french-iroquois trade (increasing tensions)
