Grade 9 History - Chapter 2, Parts #1-2

What did the settlers want from the Indigenous people?

• weapons
• money
• beaver pelts
• blankets

The first settlement in New France was founded by Samuel de Champlain.  He is most noted for sailing the St. Lawrence River and establishing Quebec.  Why did he establish Quebec?

• To have a place to stop for the French to rest.
• To set up a trading post.
• To help find beaver pelts to sent back to France  
• It was an important entrance to Lake Ontario. 

The search for gold was the main attraction that brought settlers to New France in the early 1600s.

• True 
• False

Many settlers in New France settled along the rivers.

• True 
• False

Seigneurs were responsible for developing the land and recruiting settlers.

• True 
• False

The main goal of Roman Catholic missionaries were to convert the English.

• True 
• False

What is a missionary?

• a person sent to teach about religion

• a French settler who cleared and farmed the land

• a French-Canadian fur trader

• a land owner

Fill in the blank

_________________________ were the land owners in New France.

• Missionary

• Seigneurs

• Fille du Roi

• Habitants

This person was responsible for building a church and a mill on their land

• Governor

• Intendant

• Seigneur

• Habitant

This person was responsible for farming the land in New France and giving some of their crop to the landowner.

• Filles du Roi

• Seigneur

• Habitant

• missionaries