HIST 124 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Habitants, Maple Syrup, Pea Soup
20 Oct 2016
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Week four- new france and hierarchies of the soil. The dashing coureur de bois vs. the humble habitant. L" acadie: same social formation/different society: why feudalism didn"t work out in acadia, a peasant utopia, the neutral french , church and society in acadia, le grand d rangement, gumbo! The dashing coureur de bois vs. the humble habitant: When it comes to actual history of french colonization of canada, should be habitant in central stage. French monarchy decided to make nouvelle france a colony. So much of social formation revolved around the land. New france set up outpost, not that successful at first. Not that many aboriginals living up along st. lawrence until 1663 when king louis 14th decides to make new royal colony: seigneurial land system: Louis grants land to lords, who are obligated to divide up land and get people to settle upon it. Nulle terre sans seigneur - no land without seigneur.
