Decision+Making+in+Colonial+North+America

a) The french were the first to settle in New France. Jacques Cartier then made 3 voyages of discovery for France. He took possession of the territory in the name of the king of France by planting a cross on the shores of the Gaspé. The next year he sailed up the St Lawrence River and visited aboriginal settlements at Stadacona [Québec] and Hochelaga [Montréal]. He spent the winter at Stadacona, where 25 of his men died of scurvy, and returned to France in 1536. This effected the first nations people because he came onto their land without invitation and he joined their village for that short time.he returned, establishing a short-lived colony, which he called "Charlesbourg- Royal," at the mouth of the Rivière du Cap-Rouge near Stadacona. **b)** The colony's administration was entrusted to commercial companies, which were formed by merchants from various cities of France. Succeeding companies promised to settle and develop the French land in America in return for exclusive rights to its resources. **who was at the top of the decision making process that was not in the colony** 2.
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 * c) **The only women who enjoyed a privileged position within the colony would have been the upper class, the more elite women. This was because their husbands already owned businesses, had a good income, and had shown their own status and respect to the rest of the colony. It was the middle class, and lower class women who didn't have a privileged position. They were often put in charge of the duties of their husbands and brother's while they were away or if anything happened to them.The women in New France also took care of the children, ran the household as well as worked outside. they also had more privileges here than in France or Britain because they had a chance to go to school.The woman came to the colony in the first place because the first few women that came to new France were nuns. They were sent out by religious orders to help convert and educate Native Peoples. Women saw other women going there are and became interested and attracted to new France. At first new France had a very low number of women. They were usually privileged. They had very few rights though. Married women couldn’t be sued or sue, couldn’t easily carry on business, dispose of own property, without the husbands permission. Women were usually more knowledgeable because men were always gone fur-trading. If the woman’s husband were to die they would be allowed to carry on a business or run a business. They were able to work in family business and be partners. They learned skills of buying, selling, investing, and bookkeeping.
 * d) **One of the biggest impacts the New France had on the First Nations people would be the fur trade. The fur trade created not only many jobs for the people of New France but also a way for the First Nations people to trade goods and resources. Although this was a positive influence on the First Nations people there were also many negative influences like the First Nations people losing a lot of their land. This created many trust issues between the First Nations people and the people of New France.
 * a) ** France was a commercial colony but the church also saw it as a religious outpost. The catholic church made it their goal to convert Aborignial people to the Roman Catholic Religion. The most aggressive of the missionaries were the Jesuits. The Jesuits, made sincere efforts to take Christianity to the native population
 * b) T**he efforts of the Jesuits were often met with indifference and sometimes with brutal hostility; the accounts of the torture and execution of a number of the priests are truly harrowing. The missionaries became adversaries of the fur traders. French brandy was often the base of trade with the Indians, but the priests argued that inebriated natives were unlikely candidates for conversion to Christianity. The Jesuits lobbied hard in France to restrict the traders' activities, but were generally unsuccessful. The fur interests argued successfully that if French alcohol were banned, it would be replaced by rum manufactured in the British colonies. They focused mainly on the Huron people who resisted greatly. After a small pox outbreak the Hurons asked the missionaries to leave but with the fear losing of losing the trading partnership with the French they reconsidered.


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