1. CUE CARD QUESTIONS New France from 1663 - 1701
Cue Card 1. What is absolutism? How was it enforced in the colony?
Cue Card 2. Identify the responsibilities of the governor general.
Cue Card 3. Identify the responsibilities of the intendant?
Cue Card 4. Who was sent here to defend the colony of New France? (Be specific)
Cue Card 5. Name 3 groups Jean Talon encouraged to immigrate to New France. Explain.

2. Cue Card 6. Name two measure used by Jean Talon to encourage natural growth.
Cue Card 7. Give examples of how Talon attempted to diversify the colony.
Cue Card 8. What was the role of the coureur de bois and the voyageurs in New France.
Cue Card 9. What is a conge de traite.
Cue Card 10. What is the Great Peace of Montreal? When was it established.

3. Cue Card 1. What is absolutism? How was it enforced in the colony?
The Power of the King/Queen is bestowed by God
Cue Card 2. Identify the responsibilities of the governor general.
He represented the King in the colony
Military
External affairs
Cue Card 3. Identify the responsibilities of the intendant?
Finance
Trade
Justice
economic development,
populating the colony)
Cue Card 4. Who was sent here to defend the colony of New France? (Be specific)
Carignan - Salieres

4. Attraction to New France
Cue Card 5. Name 3 groups Jean Talon encouraged to immigrate to New France. Explain.
Immigrant Groups
Attraction to New France
Engages
Hired workers (poor men) who agreed to come for three years. Their voyage, room and board was usually paid for.
Soldiers
Men came with the Carignan Salieres regiment. Usually offered seigneuries to stay in New France after their term was over.
Filles du Roi
Orphan women women sent be married and to relieve the shortage of in the colony. They were given a chance to start over and have a family.
Minor Criminals
Minor criminals came here to avoid prison and start fresh.
Farmers
Poor peasants in France came here for cheap land to provide for their families.

5. Policy Explanation Fines Bonuses
Cue Card 6. Name two measure used by Jean Talon to encourage natural growth.
Policy
Explanation
Fines
Fathers of unmarried girls aged 16 & unmarried men were fined
Unmarried Men aged 20 or over were fined & banned from the fur trade
Bonuses
Young couples received money on their wedding day
Baby bonuses (year’s wages) were granted to families who had 10 children or more
Dowries were granted by the King to young women

6. Cue Card 7. Give examples of how Talon attempted to diversify the colony.
Agricultural surplus
Hemp
Flax
Hop
Iron
shipyard
Cue Card 8. What was the role of the coureur de bois and the voyageurs in New France.
Coureur de bois – lived amongst the natives and traded with them for furs
Voyageurs – transported the furs

7. Cue Card 9. What is a conge de traite.
A license granted by the governor general to individuals engaged in the fur trade – intended to limit the overproduction of furs
Cue Card 10. What is the Great Peace of Montreal? When was it established.
It was a treaty that officially put an end to Iroquois wars
achieved in 1701
Signed by 40 nations