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NEW FRANCE. The Church L’Eglise Roman dans les Colonies From the Catholic church’s perspective, the purpose of the colony was to convert North Americans to Christianity. The Jesuits were the predominant missionizing agent in the colony, having arrived in 1625.

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NEW FRANCE

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  1. NEW FRANCE • The Church L’Eglise Roman dans les Colonies • From the Catholic church’s perspective, the purpose of the colony was to convert North Americans to Christianity. • The Jesuits were the predominant missionizing agent in the colony, having arrived in 1625. • The Jesuits particularly focussed their efforts on the Huron.

  2. The ChurchL’Eglise Roman dans les Colonies • The Indians’ nomadic lifestyle did not lend itself to effective instruction and conversion to the Faith, so the Jesuits sought to place Indians in settled communities, taking up farming for a living. • The first two such settlements were Kahnawake (near Montreal) and Kanesatake (Oka).

  3. The ChurchL’Eglise Roman dans les Colonies • The colony was divided into parishes. • Each parish had a priest, a church, and possibly a school. • The church was the social hub of the community. • What do you think serves as a social hub in our communities? • The colonists supported the parish by paying a mandated tithe.

  4. The ChurchL’Eglise Roman dans les Colonies • The first bishop of New France was Francois Laval (1659-1688). • Laval founded a seminary, which would later become Laval University in Quebec City. • The church provided education, social welfare, and health care.

  5. F. The Government of New FranceLes Hautes Officiels de la Nouvelle France • The two primary officials in New France were the Governor and the Intendant. • The Governor was the representative of the King, and responsible for external affairs. • This included military matters, as well as relations between the First Nations and the Thirteen Colonies. • The Intendant was in charge of the colony’s internal affairs, which included day-to-day matters such as courts, roads, social welfare, and public order.

  6. F. The Government of New FranceLes Hautes Officiels de la Nouvelle France • New France was a heavily militarized society, knowing only 50 years of peace from 1608-1760.

  7. La Vie sur la Seigneurie • Agricultural land in New France was centered along the St. Lawrence River. • The land was divided into seigneuries, each divided into two levels (one level along the river bank, the next behind the first). • Each of these levels, in turn, was divided into elongated lots. • These lots were again divided by the local farmers as their family grew, eventually depleting the agricultural effectiveness of the land.

  8. G. La Vie sur la Seigneurie • Each farm was called a roture. • The farmer (habitant) had the following obligations to the landlord (seigneur): • Build a house and cultivate land. • Pay annual taxes (cens et rentes). • Taxes, in the form of product, of grain and fish. • Three to four days free labour.

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