ECON 113 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Sovereign Council Of New France, Coureur Des Bois
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Although the french discovered florida in the 1560s, the spanish were hostile. Thick furs of northern mammals for fashion. Access to st. lawrence river for trade w/ great lakes indians. Depleted the supply of beaver/animals in the region. French were mutually dependent on the native americans: they were allies are hunters, unlike slave relationship w/ spain. Samuel de champlain founded quebec to control the ridge where the st. lawrence river narrowed. The iroquois were composed of: mohawk, oneida, onondaga, cayuga, and seneca. In exchange for business & protection, the five nations expected the french to help them attack the haudenosaunee. Those who married tended to stay in the colonies. The crown appointed the government in new france, composed of: A civil administrator known as the intendent. There was no elective assembly to represent the colonists. seigneurs : aristocratic french landowners in the colonies that would lease farmland. coureurs de bois : upper-country french that lived as independent fur traders.
