Whos Who in New France?

(point form is okay here)

1. What was the purpose of the Sovereign Council? (p91)

2. The Sovereign Council included people who held various positions. What were the various roles and
responsibilities of these people? Give two details for each:
Governor-


Intendant-


Bishop of Quebec-

3. Why were many soldiers needed to defend the colony?

4. Why did many officers want seigneuries?

5. What is the difference between a seigneur and a seigneury? (p94)

6. In exchange for the right to establish a farm, what did habitants have to do?

7. What was a corve?

8. Why did some habitants neglect their farms?

9. What was a coureur de bois? What did they do that was sometimes illegal? (p96)

10. What kinds of merchants were there? How did some merchants make their living in the fur trade?
(p98)

11. What does voyageur mean? What did voyageurs do? (p100)

12. The _____________ were a Catholic religious order that formed a key part of the presence of the
Catholic Church in New France. Identify four important roles or responsibilities that the Jesuits carried
out in New France. (p102)