1. New France’s Economic Policy 1608-1663
MERCANTALISM
Make the mother country rich! (France)
How? Take natural resources from the colonies (New France)
Exploit the colonies
FURS were the main natural resource take from NF

2. Mercantilism and the fur Trade in NF
NF was a ‘supply depot’ for France
They supplied France with furs so France could produce hats and other clothing items and make profit
NF was not allowed to manufacture products…

3. Who benefits? Who doesn’t?
The First Occupant hunters and people working at the trading posts did ALL THE WORK
The merchants in France got all the profit
New France = a big supply depot

4. Triangular Trade
France had a trading network with its colony in North America and it’s colonies in the Caribbean….
The network looked like a big triangle- TRIANGULAR TRADE

5. Triangular Trade
The mother country (France) would gather resources from all the colonies and sell back manufactured goods
Furs from NF and things like sugar and tobacco from the Caribbean colines
The colonies would also trade with one another.
New France would supply the colonies in the Caribbean with beer, fish, wheat, flour, etc.

6. Sugar, molasses, tobacco, rum
FURS
Manufactured goods: linen, salt, weapons, metal objects, etc.)
Wood, fish, beer, wheat, flour
Sugar, molasses, tobacco, rum