Intro and Mercantilism New France Intro and Mercantilism

New France The first colonial settlement in what is now Canada, was the creation of the great “Age Of European Exploration”!- or was it? Towards the end of the 15th century, European navigators ventured out onto the worlds oceans to pioneer sailing routes to Asia and America

3 other main men came to the America’s and explored further…. After the main discovery by Christopher Columbus many countries were eager to travel/explore this new land as well. 3 other main men came to the America’s and explored further…. Can you guess who they were? (aka the 3 Big C’s)

Purpose of New France the Colony The first permanent settlement was Quebec City in 1608. Like all other colonies, it had two main functions. 1) To supply raw materials (fur, fish and forests-lumber) to the “Mother Country” - France 2) to be a market for manufactured goods (AKA MERCANTALISM)

The purpose behind this was to make $$ for the MC (mother country- France in this case) by exploiting the colonies. This economic policy was called the Mercantile System

Mercantilism This theory was a relationship between the colony (New France) and the MC (France) It worked to the DISADVANTAGE of the colony. (Nouvelle-France) in 3 main ways… 1) the interests of the colony were always secondary to those of the MC 2) the colony developed unevenly according to the needs to the MC 3) trade with places other than the MC was forbidden.