WDW101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 05: Jean Talon, Sovereign Council Of New France, Pierre Boucher
15 Jun 2013
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Louis xiv also known as the sun king came to power in 1661 and ruled an absolute monarchy in france until his death in 1715. The king wanted to make new france a province under his direct rule and had jean-baptiste colbert as minister of the marine (colonies) attempt to make mercantilism succeed. Like other western european governments were doing at the time, mercantilism meant all trades were done under one flag/government (traders/shippers/products). Doing so would in turn make the country in question rich. Colbert sought a triangle network between france, new france and the french caribbean. Colbert also wanted to make new france more self-reliant and become more compact without unnecessary forts and outposts along its borders, and opposing to western expansion as well. The seigneurs then had to recruit censitaires (habitants) to cultivate the land and in turn they had to pay them rent and dues for living on their land.
