HIST 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Making Money, Habitants, Third Order
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In what ways did the seigneurial system influence the development of french. Sept 24 2015: we lump the natives all into one word aboriginal but there are countless different tribes and ways of life. French looking for gold to compete with spain (they found it in north. Louisburg (now nova scotia) built a fortress to protect new france. It allowed families to start and own their own land and farms, which allowed lower class families to support themselves without relying on the fur trade which was dangerous and unpredictable. 50% of the people went back: king encouraged any women to go cross the ocean for free; it was dangerous because the trip could take 3 weeks or three months; most were married within 24-48 hours of arrival. New france in 1713: after british colonized parts of new france, french inhabitants of acadia left to french territory.
