COMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES (cont.)

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1 PART 2 New France from 1627 to 1663 Textbook, pp Indicate if the following statements, regarding chartered companies and merchants with a fur trade monopoly, are true or false. If you indicate that a statement is false, correct it. Statement True False a) Companies and merchants that obtained a fur trade monopoly had no obligation to the king. b) The companies and merchants neglected to populate New France. c) The king of France revoked the monopoly from a company or merchant on several occasions. d) The companies and merchants that held a fur trade monopoly had no interest in populating the colony. e) The companies and merchants that held a fur trade monopoly needed French labour to obtain furs. Corrections: 2 Among the following statements, circle the ones that do not correspond to obligations of the Company of One Hundred Associates. A. Develop the colony. B. Fish cod. C. Discover a route to Asia. D. Populate the colony. E. Evangelize Native people. F. Hunt whales.

2 3 Consult Document 18, on page 70 in your textbook. a) Indicate the cause of the seizure of the city of Québec by the Kirke brothers in IO Determine causes and consequences b) What were the consequences of the seizure of the city of Québec by the Kirke brothers? 4 Describe Trois-Rivières at the time of its founding. 5 IO Consult pages 69 and 70 in your textbook regarding the events pertaining to the time when the Company of One Hundred Associates held the fur trade monopoly in New France. Place the statements in chronological order, numbering them from 1 to 5. Situate in time Event Order a) Capture of four ships belonging to the Company of One Hundred Associates by the Kirke brothers b) Seizure of the city of Québec by the Kirke brothers c) Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye d) Founding of the Company of One Hundred Associates e) Founding of Trois-Rivières

3 6 Consult Document 19, on page 72 in your textbook. Match each responsibility with the appropriate person. IO Establish connections between facts 1 Seigneur 2 Censitaire a) Be loyal to the king of France. b) Pay an annual rent in money or produce. c) Reserve any metal ores or oaks for the king. d) Work their land. e) Use the flour mill on the seigneury and give a portion of the milled grain. f) Build a flour mill and keep it in good condition. g) Provide an average of three days of unpaid labour a year. h) In the event of the sale of the seigneury, give one-fifth of the value of the sale to the king. i) Maintain the roads that passed through the censive. j) Inform the state authorities of the state of the seigneury (population, income, etc.). k) Give a censive to someone who agreed to certain requirements. 7 Fill in the missing words in the following text. When a censitaire obtained a, he first had to clear the forest. This could take several years. Only once this work was done was it possible to start cultivating the land and living off the harvest. He worked the land with a plough, in the spring and at the end of the month of August. He raised or cows as well as. He also raised turkeys and. His land provided what was necessary to survive.

4 8 Consult Document 21, on page 73 in your textbook. Match each element of a seigneury with its definition. IO Establish facts Range road and perpendicular road Seigneur s estate Commons Censives Uncleared land Church land Gristmill Element Definition a) Land belonging to the censitaires. b) Forestland that had not yet been granted to colonists. c) Place where the censitaires were required to mill their grain. d) Roads used to travel on the seigneury. e) Place where the animals grazed. f) Part of the seigneury reserved for the seigneur s needs. g) Place on the seigneury reserved for the needs of the Church. 9 Explain why the Church was favourable to immigration to the colony.

5 10 Compare the locations chosen to establish the city of Québec (Document 9, page 64 in your textbook), Trois-Rivières (Geo Take note! box, page 70 in your textbook) and Ville- Marie (Geo Take note! box, page 75 in your textbook). Indicate the common points of the three sites. IO Identify similarities 11 Indicate if the following statements, regarding the Church s role in providing support and guidance, are true or false. If you indicate that a statement is false, correct it. Statement True False a) The Catholic Church was the only Christian church in New France. b) The Church exerted a powerful influence over the colonists. c) Catholicism played a secondary role in colonial life. d) The colonists generally obeyed the priest s instructions and paid the tithe. e) Some colonists did not respect the Church s instructions, mostly through negligence. f) The colonists practised various religious rites, but did not attend mass except during important celebrations. g) The Church approved of dances. h) During Sunday mass, the priest read out the bishop s instructions and pastoral letters to the colonists. Corrections:

6 12 Consult Documents 23 and 27, on pages 74 and 77 in your textbook. Indicate the precise point upon which both authors agree with regard to the Canadiens. IO Identify similarities 13 Match each Native nation with its European allies. a) Innu b) Iroquois c) Algonquin d) Maliseet e) Huron Wendat Dutch French English 14 What factors slowed the demographic drop among Native peoples after 1650? 15 Consult Document 40, on page 83 in your textbook. Indicate a consequence of the Iroquois attacks on the fur IO trade. Determine consequences 16 Summary What were the relations between the emerging colony and Native peoples? 17 How did the French authorities ensure support and guidance for the colonists who came to settle in New France? Summary