The New France Economy

Daily Life In New France

Economy,Employment, and Transportation

By: Kritika

Carrers In New France

Jobs Part 3

By: Kritika

Cartwright: A cartwright is an ocupation which is given to a man or woman to fix and make carts and wagongs.

Habitant Farmers: The habitants were a group of French settlers who emigrated to New France for better farming opportunities and a new life. The role of a habitant was to clear the land, build a home and grow crops (plant/harvest vegetables).

Millwright: A millwright is a craftsman or tradesman who installs, repairs, reassembles, and moves machinery in places.

Merchant: A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people.

What types of transportation methods were available to the settlers of New France?

The very first form of transportation was by foot. People could walk really long distances just by foot and not with motorized vehicles to help them. Settlers of New France also used horses and carriages which they can ride on. In the winter, they used snowshoes which prevented them from constantly falling in the snow. Overtime, winter carriages were made and they were provided with a snow shield to protect the rider traveling.Settlers of New France also used canoes which were made of birch and barks to carry good trades around the great lakes. Certain methods were more popular than other methods because they were easy to accesible and to use. In other words, the birch bark conoes were the easiest to carry because they were extrealmly light and easy to maneuver.

BY:Saarah

By: Saarah

What types of occupations did the people of New France hold?

carrers in New France (Jobs part 1)

This picture is of a horse and carriage.

The types of occupations the people of New France were working in fields, clearing land, fur trading, guard duties, farmers, nuns, woodcutters and etc. Most people in New France were mostly farmers, they farmed wheat, peas, oats, rye, barley and maize on long, narrow farms huddled along the St.Lawrence river. When children were old enough to help run the farm, the fathers often went off into the bush as coureurs de bois: the coureurs de bois were skilled woodsmen, trappers & canoeists, important to the fur trade. To add to their income they would do a little fur trading on the side. Fur trading was also really big at that period of time. As know as the Hudson bay company which sold beaver skin and other animals skin.

This picture is of a conoe back in the 1713's.

These are snowshoes that settlers of New France used in the winter to walk around in the snow.

Fisherman - Long before the fur trade, there was seasonal fishing. From the very early 16th century, men from Normandy, Brittany and even from the Basque country sailed the shores of Newfoundland to fish cod and hunt whale. Around 1550, some 500 ships set sail from France to seek these waters teeming with fish.

Woodcutters/lumberjacks - They perform the initial performing to harvest and transport the trees for forest products, and other products such as a wooden table, bed, and etc

Notary - A notary is a lawyer or person with legal training who is licensed by the government to perform acts in legal affairs, in particular witnessing signatures on documents. The form that the notarial profession takes varies with local legal systems

Coureur des bois - he was an independant man who traveled in New France and the interior of North America They ventured into the woods usually to trade various European items for furs, and along the way they learned the trades and practices of the Native people. These expeditions were fuelled by the beginning of the fur trade in the North American interior. Trade began with coat beaver, but as the market grew coureurs de bois were trapping and trading prime beavers to be felted in Europe.

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Farming in the early 1700's

The Ursuline Nun's were a group of nuns that came to New France to establish a school for girls

By: Aryan

Jobs part 2

By: Aryan

The preist in New Frace were sent to New France from the order of the king of France. They were sent there to teach the people of New FRance their religion.

The Main Focuses of New France

The Nuns had the same job as the preists, to teaach the people of New France Frances religion. They also came to build hospitals schools and more.

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The system was introduced to New France in 1627 by, Cardinal Richelieu. Seigneurs were peole who were givin land for the king o France.

sources

These woman are people who immigrated to New France as a sponsor

https://www.historicacanada.ca/thecanadianencyclopedia

The main focuses of New France were mostly fur trading. The people in New France would trade with other colonies. They mostly traded with, the St. Lawrence river valley, Mississippi Ohio, and the Hudson Bay Watershed.Another thing New France focused on was fishing, which was long before fur trading was a thing in New France. This was a thing in New France in the 16th century, the people of New France sailed to the shores of Newfoundland to find their fishes. They also had their eyes set on industrial development. By the end of the 17th century, the french colonists were working on developing local industries. Jean Talon was the one who created the idea and was rewarded about it in 1671.

http://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/daily-life/

-http://www.historymuseum.ca/virtual-museum-of-new-france/

A man doing fur trading with another man.

How the First Nations helped the New France People

The first Nations helped By carrying the supplies that were needed, such as of the luggage and the furs. So basically the First nations did all of the hard work. They also did the peddling for the times they were exploring for things that would benefit the creation of New France.

By: sAARAH, kRITIKA, AND aRYAN