Week 3, the consolidation and downfall of new france/ 1660-1760

New france destiny took a dramtic shift when…

King Louis XIV assumed full power

What played a leading role in the way france is developed…

the catholic church

at a local level regualtion were carried out by…

captin of the malita

what was extremly hrash in…

new france

what was jean baptiste colbert…

we have sought to develop a new france economy within the framework of mercantilism.

whats the seniruigal system…

Large tracks of land were grabted to people called senigures, they had to grant strips censitaries

New france development was…

Hindered by a lack of settlers and a slow popualtion

How did France fix the population in New France

Colbert sent nearly 800 filles du roi to new France between 1663-1673

a large number of what were sent to new france in 1660-1670

servents

did the european culture still remian small after la fille du roi senario?

yes

where did most of the new france setllers ogrianlly come from in this time period

northern and western france

by 1700 the conlisnt started to refer t themlves as candiens?

true

the history of new france is marked by…

a long series of conflcit with new brittan

who terriozed the enlish frontier

candien maltita and the canadiens

the huadnashee sued for peace in 1701 but instead what happend

but european conflict began that same year

what were the fundamental weaknesses France struggled with during the 17th century…

-popualtion was small

-the economy was precarious

-could not count on naval or resupply

advnatages of new france in the 17th century…

1-allies with indegious commuinites

2-size and natural borders

3-militarized society with unified command struture

Did slavery exist in new France, if so how did they end up there?

slavery existed in New France and the slaves were usually imported by religious groups they converted them to Catholicism and used them for work…

why do indegenious groups hate british people?

because they are retreating and farming on indigenous land

-20x more British people came then french

what did the british expedtion on Quebec go like?

A huge storm rolled in and the french claimed it was god stopping the bristih from attacking them

what religon does brittan hate?

catholic

in 1701 to 1713 what war took place and between whom?

spanish sucession war bore fruit

what is the treaty of uretch?

a treaty that makes the french hand over newfound land and acadia to the britsh

what happends when brittan take over acadia?

brittan gets nervous to have catholic french people under thier control incase they will rebel. They combated this by getting them to sign thier name to the crown saying they wouldnt turn againt brittan.

does acida want to take part in the war or pick a side?

no

what followed the treaty of uretch

30 years of peace follow which allowed for development…

where did the french build thier fortress?

they built it at louisberg, 1720’s, so that they could over see whats happening on the st lawrent

what happend with the war of austria?

-Lasted 1744-1748

- both brittan and france wanted to be king of austria

where did brittan build thoer naval base and why…

to counter the french fortress at louisberg they bulit one in halifax

what war began in 1754?

the seven year war began unoffcially

-a new willingness was now resent to deal with france now present in the 13 american colonies

who argued about that stratgies to start the war…

mont calme and verdiuiel

what did monte calme vurus verdiuel?

montecalme argued: thinks this war is going to be like a eueropean war. He correclty assumes things are going to be diffrent but he under estimates candiens

Vrediuel agrued: wants to deal with the british by attacking deep into brtitish terrroity, wants to launch a classic compagin.

How does this war end up going for canada?

early war went well for face but in 1755 british expelled acdiens from thier home, this is beacuse they dont trust them to not turn on them, but acdiens later on move back onto british land

what happend in 1758?

Louisberg fell to the brtish in 1758

who did brtitish lay siege to?

British laid siege to Quebec

lay siege= the surrounding of a place by an armed force to defeat those defending it

where did british defeat french in the war if 1759?

on the plains of aberham, just outside the walls of quebec

Vaudreuil was forced to surrender and what did he do?

Gave montreal to the britiah in 1760

who issued the proclamation established a temporary military adminstration for new france

general amherst

what seruiouly interputed the british econmy at this time?

the brtitsh conquest