•What is a ‘colony’?•What is the ‘mother country’?•What was New France?•Was New France a colony?•Who was in charge of New

France?

• Did Jacques Cartier fail at starting a colony in North America?• Who did the King of France put in

charge of setting up a colony?• Where did he decide to set up a

colony?• What did he call this settlement

(HINT: this city still exists)?

• Why did Europeans come to North America after 1541 (HINT: think of something you find in the ocean)?• What did the First Occupants trade

to the Europeans? Did the Europeans like it?• Which animal fur was the most

popular with the Europeans? Why?

Fur Trade early 1600s

• The first settlements in New France had trading posts

• Trading posts were used to get furs from the First Occupants

How did the Furs get to the trading posts?

Trading posts early 1600s• First Occupant hunters

would bring furs to the trading posts

• They would trade the furs in exchange for French goods

• Guns • metal pots, • French clothing• Toys

What happened to the furs?• The furs were tied up

with ropes• They were shipped

to France by boat• Factories in France

made clothing with the furs (hats)

• Merchants in France became very rich!

Merchants in France get rich $$$$$$

FURS

Hunters get Furs

Hunters trade furs in New France (trading posts)

Factories in France turned the furs into hats, clothing, etc.

Who benefits? Who doesn’t?

• The First Occupant hunters and people working at the trading posts did ALL THE WORK

• The merchants in France got all the profit

• France treated New France like a big supply depot

• How did Jacques Cartier fail his mission for the King of France?

•What was the name of the man who started a colony in North America for France (1608)?

•What is the ‘BARTER SYSTEM’? Explain how the First Occupants used the ‘BARTER SYSTEM’?

•Did the First Occupants have respect for the environment? Why?

•How did the First Occupants PASS ON CULTURE from the young to the old?

•Why did Europeans want to start exploring by sea (ocean) in the 1400s?

•How did the First Occupants get to North America? What continent did they come from?

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•What was the way of life of the IROQUOIANS?• How did the IROQUOIANS get

their food?

What is the name of the building in the picture below? What is it made out of? What was it used for?

•What was the way of life of the ALGONKIANS?•How did the ALGONKIANS get their food?

•Name 4 animals the Inuit would hunt and eat?

•Name 3 things the EUROPEANS INTRODUCED to the FIRST OCCUPANTS

Merchants in France get rich $$$$$$

FURS

Hunters get Furs

Hunters trade furs in New France (trading posts)

Factories in France turned the furs into hats, clothing, etc.

Chartered Company System• 1608-1627 fur

companies were not making enough money

• There was also a small population in New France

• In 1627 The King gave over the monopoly to ONLY ONE company:

• COMPANY OF 100 ASSOCIATES

Company of 100 Associates• The King of France made a

deal with The Company of 100 Associates:

• The Company of 100 Associates got to be the only fur trading company

• BUT…• The Company of 100

Associates was in charge of populating New France

• The Company of 100 Associates also had to take care of roads, buildings, jails and a lot of other things

Company of 100 Associates

• The Company of 100 Associates DID NOT do a good job

• It took a lot of furs from New France

• It did not bring people to live in New France

• The company did not care about the deal with the King

1663: The King is in charge...

• 1663: King Louis XIV (14th)

• He took control of New France

• Louis XIV had to become the boss of New France from Far away

Lets get this place populated!

• Louis XIV had to start populating New France

• More women needed to live in New France

• More women = MORE BABIES

• King Louis XIV had a plan…

King Louis XIV’s plan • Step 1: Send somebody to

New France to populate it.• Jean Talon (intendant)• Step 2: Use a CENSUS to

find out how many people actually lived in New France

• A census helped find out how many women, men, children and families were in New France

King Louis XIV’s plan

• Jean Talon found out that New France had about 3500 people

• This was NOT GOOD!• New England had about

20 000 people• Why is this a problem?• New England could

easily take over New France

King Louis XIV’s plan • Promote ‘engages’• Ship over ‘filles du Roi’• Encourage soldiers to

stay in NF• Unwanted prisoners:

people who committed non-violent crimes in France were asked to move to NF

• Give people money for marrying and having kids