NEW FRANCE GRADE 7 Crown Coureurs des bois Seigneurs Habitants filles du roi black robe assimilate Metis colony missionary Setting the Stage Questions 1. The Kings and Queens in European countries such as France and England believed in a) Gods and Goddesses b) Building Empires c) The world being square d) World peace 2. What was the main reason France claimed territory in North America? a) Fishing b) Food c) Fur Trade d) Wood 3. In 1604, Samuel De Champlain set up the first French settlement in what colony for the fur trade? a) Rupert s Land b) Newfoundland c) Acadia d) Quebec 4. Why did the King of France want to establish a permanent settlement in New France?
1. Why did people come to New France? Immigration and New France a) It was a very good place to explore. b) They wanted to expand the French empire c) There were woman there and wanted to make a family. d) They wanted to find Asia 2. Why did the French want to change the first nations to the French ways? a) So they could be more alike them. b) So they could be sailed back to France. c) So they could become Roman Catholic. d) So they could become married. 3. What did the French Roman Catholic send over to New France? a) They sent over Bishops. b) They sent over filles du roi. c) They sent over soilders. d) They sent over missionaries. 4. Why do you think the French sent missionaries sent to New France to convert the first nations? 5. What were the young women sent to New France by the King called? a) Coure du boire b) Filles du roi c) Mer Du Roi d) Ursuline Nuns 6. Why did the King send soldiers to New France? a) He wanted them to settle there after their 3 year term. b) They wouldn t serve the King any longer. c) They were tired. d) They wanted to become fur traders. 7. What diseases did the French bring to the unimmunised Aboriginals? a) Scurvy b) Infections c) Chicken Pox d) Small Pox and Typhus 8. Why do you think the French wanted to convert the Aboriginals into Roman Catholic?
9. What person/people taught the girls in New France? A) Jesuit Priests B) Ursuline Nuns C) Bishop Francois de Laval D) King Louis XIV 10. Which religious group was allowed to immigrate to New France? A) Muslims B) Jews C) Mormons D) Roman Catholics 11. Why did people come to New France? a) It was a very good place to explore. b) They wanted to expand the French empire c) There were woman there and wanted to make a family. d) They wanted to find Asia 12. Why did the French want to change the first nations to the French ways? a) So they could be more alike them. b) So they could be sailed back to France. c) So they could become Roman Catholic. d) So they could become married. 13. What did the government of France send over to New France to help convert First Nations into Roman Catholics? a) They sent over Bishops. b) They sent over filles du roi. c) They sent over soilders. d) They sent over missionaries. 14. What is the Filles du Roi`s name in English? a) King s Daughters b) Kings Father c) Queen s Daughter d) Royal Helper 15. What was the role of the Filles du Roi? a) Guard the king b) Harvest crops c) Get married and have children d) All of the above
GOVERNMENT IN NEW FRANCE 1. Who was the person that appointed the Sovereign Council in New France? A) Jean Talon B) Jacques Cartier C) King Louis XIV D) Samuel de Champlain 2. What was the role of the Intendant in New France? A) Keeping the law B) To be responsible for military planning C) For the religious life D) To provide transportation in water 3. What were two major things that the Bishop was responsible for in New France? 4. Why do you think that New France was governed this way? Use examples from the text and your own thoughts to complete your answer. The Economy of New France 1. Why did Jean Talon the intendant of New France want the French colonist to farm? 2. List at least 5 resources that New France depended on for its economic activity between its existence 1609 to 1759. Conflict Between the French and the English 1. Why would the English and the French fight in the first place? a) because they hated each other and wanted control of each other s resources. b) they had guns. c) because the fur trade, money, and control over New France d) lots of money. 2. Why would the French and the English want control over the fur trade? a) because they wanted the money b) for fun c) to look good d) to go to North America 3. Why would the control over Acadia switch back and forth between the French and the English
a) because they had money b) because the location was important to both the English and the French c) the English loved Acadia d) the French love Acadia Life on the Seigneury 1. What did the habitants give the church? a) Gold b) Furs c) Crops d) Pigs 2. What was the responsibility of the seigneurs? a) To report to the king. b) To build the habitants house. c) To rent out pieces of land. d) To bury the dead. The French and The First Nations 1. Why did the Wendat want the French to be their military allies? A) They wanted more friends B) They wanted a bigger military C) They wanted help to defeat their enemies like the Iroquois. D) They wanted to be assimilated into French culture 2. In 1649 what were the two main causes that helped destroy the Wendat peoples, and force them to scatter to other places? A) Scurvy and Small pox B) Small pox and Iroquois attacks C) Scurvy and British attacks D) Kidnapping and illegal fur trading
The Fall of New France 1. What year did the Seven Years War begin? A) 1674 B) 1756 C) 1758 D) 1759 2. Why did the British want to take over New France? A) They wanted more land B) They were scared of a French attack C) So the French could not expand the colony D) They wanted more furs, gold, cod fish and trees 3. Why were the British able to defeat the French in New France? 4. Name to the British General and French General who died as a result of the Plains of Abraham battle. 5. If you were a French person with 150 years of history (your grandparents and their grandparents lived in New France!) in New France, what concerns do you think you would have with the British taking over?