New France: Economy

New France: Economy

Iroquois Masks

Iroquois Basket

Types Of Crafts

Iroquois Pottery

Crafts

• Fur wear
•  Mask Carving
•  Basketry
•  Pottery

Iroquois Furs

Economy

Mask Carving

• Plays big part in economy
• Crafts = traded → Europeans
• Europeans give guns, axes, knives
• Europeans give goods for fur

Iroquoian Mask

• Painted red and black
• Black and white horse hair
• Made from basswood
• Directly carved on tree
• Red = morning black = afternoon
• Tree spirit
• Tree was cut after carved
• After made feast was held
• Fight evil spirits

Basswood Tree

Pottery

Fur wear

New

France

Fur Jacket

Clay pot

• Headbands
• Deer, beaver, elk
• Moccasins
• Saches
• Breach clothes

• Clay dug from ground
• Cooking pots
• Storage containers
• Hard made
• Round bottom
• Paint and beads

Iroquois Clothing / Headband

Clay Dug From Ground

Iroquois Clothing

Basketry

Baskets

• Storage and transportation
• Paint and design
• Sweet grass
• Feather and beads for decoration

Sweet Grass

France

Manufactured Goods

Introduction

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Today we will be talking about New France's economy. We hope that you enjoy our presentation.

Fur Trade

(Background Information)

• Fur Trade started in 1500s
• Europeans and Natives started exchanging furs for other goods
• Some goods = guns, spears, tobacco

Aboriginals Trading Fur

Gunpowder

Import And Export

How It affected Aboriginals Lives, And Grew More Popular

• Import = something we buy
• Export = something we sell
• New France imports manufactured goods from France
• New France imports sugar, rum, tobacco, coffee from Antilles
• New France exports fur, wood, fish to France
• New France exports fish, flour, peas, and wood to Antilles
• Aboriginals give natural herbs and medicine for metal, knives
• Aboriginals get clothing from Europeans

• Fur Trade changed Aboriginals lives
• Stopped hunting for survival
• Hunted for beaver pelt
• Aboriginals depended on goods they got
• Fishermen discovered fur was easy to sell in Europe
• Fishermen returned to Canada each summer
• Returned to fish and join Fur Trade

Fur Trade, Import, Export, And Trade

Champlain's Other Mission

Mercantilism System

• Champlain reported Canada = good place to establish a colony
• Mission = be friends with Aboriginals, convert them into Christianity, find precious metals

• France didn’t trade with any country, unless it’s under France Empire
• France traded with New France and Antilles
• New France gives France inexpensive, raw material to France
• France gives New France manufactured goods

Fisheries

• Started in the 16th century
• Fished for fish cod/whales
• A lot of people were in the fishing
• Mostly popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th century
• In 1713 routes to the fisheries decreased for France
• Franc was head participant in 16th and 17th century
• France crews came from western point
• Voyages were mostly in winter, and sometimes in fall
• Fisheries were mostly in Newfoundland

Furs, Wood, Fish

Fisheries And Basque Whalers

Basque Whalers

• Started in 16th century
• First visited - 1517
• Basque Whalers are sailors and fishermen
• Came from Bay of Biscay
• 20 whaling stating on Red Bay
• Northeast cost controlled by Basque for 1 century
• About 200 sailors sent each year
• Trip was about 60 days (about 2 months) long

Sugar, rum, tobacco,

coffee

Manufactured Goods

Fish, flour, wood

Who Were The Slaves?

• Slaves are people owned by other people
• They would have to do whatever they were told to do by their master
• In New France, slaves were mostly Aboriginal
• They were either smuggled or taken as prisoners
• They worked for merchants, traders, governors, and officers

Slave

Children's Jobs

How Slaves Became Slaves

• Most slaves are captives from fights and raids
• Others were bought, traded, or sometimes inherited
• In New France they sold slaves like goods

Sugar, rum, tobacco

Boy's:

• The boys would help their father in his work
• Ice fish in winter and chopped wood
• Help to plow the fields

Girl's

• Girls would help their mother in her work
• Took care of the garden
• Learned how to cook and sew.

Occupations and Slavery in

New France

What Slaves Did

Family Jobs

• In New France there were two types of slaves.

Their was the house slaves and the field slaves.

• The house slaves did the house work like cook, sweep dust, and laundry
• The field slaves farmed and harvested crops etc.

Men

• Men were mostly farmers
• They would hunt and harvest
• Men were responsible for bringing food for their family.

Women

• Women would take care of the house
• Cook and make clothes
• Take care of the children
• Farmed and cared for the animals

Top Jobs

Other Jobs In New France

• In New France, the top two jobs were carpenters, and soldiers, such as the Carnegie sailors
• Carpenters would build houses and furniture with wood and other materials
• Soldiers fought and protected New France from wars

• The next most important jobs were metal workers and the black smiths
• Metal workers made pots and pans
• Blacksmiths made tools and weapons
• Other jobs in New France were backers and butchers
• Bakers baked bread and other types of foods
• Butchers carved and sold meats

Antilles

Industrial Development

Jean Talon

• Jean Talon introduced founding tanneries, breweries and he encouraged forestry
• He made brewery that helped keep from hand alcohol
• In 1671 he was rewarded by the king for locally made products
• Industries were fishing, farming, etc.
• Because of high cost, it was difficult to export
• No furnished market for industries

Industrial Development And Commercial

Networks

Commercial Networks

• Major partnership with France
• Friendship played a large role in exporting
• New France dependent a lot on flour and salt
• Québec historian, Louise Dechêne, played a large part in commerce

By:

Sahejpreet, Anushka, Haider, Katy, Jestan

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