2. GLO- What are the social and
economic factors affecting European
Imperialism?
3. Imperialism
A policy of on the part of a ruler or government of
one territory to dominate other territories
The British and French Governments had a policy
to colonize North America, claim it’s land and
resources and use it to further their sphere of
influence in Europe
4. Colonies
colony – a region claimed and
governed by a country from another
part of the world
imperialism is the policy and colony
is the result
They where the site of power by
which European countries could
control their newly claimed land
5. Economic model for colonies
European governments created a economic
model for colonies to work off called
MERCANTILISM
Natural resources are cheap (furs)
manufactured goods are expensive (hats)
This made European countries profitable
6. Monopolies
The complete control of a resource by one
company
Charter = a set of rules and privileges granted to
a company by a King or Government
European governments would give monopolies on
certain lands to a company in exchange the
merchant created and ran a permanent settlement
The companies make money, they get taxed and
the government get’s their interests in the New
World Expanded
7. GLO – How was Imperialism
responsible for the development
of Acadia, New France and
British Settlements
8. Question and Answer Challenge
You will be assigned to develop questions for
either New France, 13 Colonies, or Rupert’s land
Generate one good question for each of the
following concepts
Cause and effect
Geographical challenges, or issues
Challenges of coexistence
demographics
Imperialism
Economic structure
Social structure
After you are done creating a question, you will
exchange it with 2 partners who worked on a
different topic
9. Good and bad Questions
Good questions require thought and decision
making
bad questions require simple one word answers
ex. What caused France to lose control of Acadia?
ex. When did France lose control of Acadia?
You can use the map and timeline to generate your
questions
Better questions use words like:
compare, contrast, outline, create, design, revise, judge,
decide, choose, value
Also look at page 75 for ideas
10. Scoring Criteria
You will not be marked on your answers to your
questions
You will mark each other on how good the
question was
So when this is completed I will collect from each
group a score for each others questions
Scoring Criteria
1 – questions are simple and requires one word
answers
2 – questions are simple but require point form
answers
3 – questions are good (use key words) and require
point form answers
4 – questions are good (use key words) and require
11. In what ways did European Colonialism
affect the social and economic
structures of Aboriginal Societies?
12. The Beautiful Trail
pressure to change
Religious pressure placed on First Nations to
change their religion in order to create a greater tie
to Europe
First Nations believed this would create more
equality between them and Europeans, improve
relations
Possible effects
better ties with European nations
thought of as a civilized nation, they would not be
invaded
loss of their own spiritual identity
13. Beaver Wars
Pressure to Change
War with Haudenosaunee has devistated the
Kichesiprini peoples with war over trade
aggreements
the Haudenosaunee can not trade for manufactured
goods because they have no aggreement
War and disease has devistated the Kichesiprini
They look for safety from the French, but must
become Catholic to get it
Possible Effects
convert and gain safety, but lose spiritual and
personal rights
do not convert and many will die, but remain free
14. Affect of Disease
First Nations had no immunity to European
diseases
the first nations faced epidemics of small pox,
measles and tuberculosis
I have heard estimates from historians that 90% of
the First Nations population died due to European
diseases
Reason, when they got sick, no one to take care of
them
Old likely to get sick first and children
Old people where their leaders, and contained all their
cultural knowledge
15. Brothers and Enemies
Pressure to change
The French are at war with the Haudenosaunee
because the French are in their territory and would
not trade with them
The Haudensosaunee have to adopt other peoples
into their tribe because they have lost so many to
disease and war fare
They must ally with the Europeans in order to
survive, because they need the guns
Possible Effects
They adopt so many differing nationalities they lose
their own
They continue war fare could lead to their deaths
16. GLO – How does imperialism affect the people living in
colonies.
We are going to explore the colonists of New France
17. Social Structure of New France
Most important people were born into the
Aristocracy
Aristocracy = wealthy ruling class (land
owners)
Merchants were often wealthy but did not
own land
Church was important as well
influence on the King
moral direction of people(some of the
time)
took care of the people (education,
hospitals)
18. Sovereign Council
Rulers of New France
Included:
Governer – represented the King
controlled the military
diplomat to the First Nations
Intendant – chief adminstrator
ran the day to day tasks
responsible for colonies basic needs and making it less
dependent on France
looked for ways to exploit the colony for France benefit
Bishop of Quebec – representation of the Catholic
Church
responsible for moral guidence
19. Frontenac
1672 was appointed governer of New France
was posted this because he was in the Aristocracy,
but was in debt, to keep his land he had to accept
this appointment
this was not a good appointment
how can you tell that from the story at the top of page 89?
20. Habitants
Farmers who lived on seigneuries
Seigneurs were people given large plots of land by
the King in New France
Land lords – often part of the nobility, could be
commoners, many were soldiers
To keep the land, they had to recruit settlers to farm
the land, inhabitants or “Habitants”
In exchange for the rights to farm habitants had to :
clear the land, plant crops, build a house and pay the
seigneur’s to grind their grain into flour ontop of farming the
seigneurs land as well
some gave up and became fur traders
23. Marie Claude Chamois
Read pages 92-93
Came to France as a “daughter of the King”
orphan, found shelter in a religious order or
government institution for the needy
daughters of the King where provided with a dowry
which paid for the girls to get across the Atlantic so
they could marry Soldiers and Habitants of New
France
what was her life like in New France?
was this an improvement?
24. Merchants
Shop owners in New France
shops:
blacksmith
shoemaker
mason
baker
butcher
Many where traders in the fur industry
shipped goods between France and New France
bought the furs from the trappers and shipped them
to France
25. Jean- Alexis Lemoine
Read pages 99-100
What type of business did he own?
How was he able to set it up?
26. Coureur de Bois
Means runner in the woods
someone who worked in the Fur Trade
ran in the forest to trade with the First Nations
Worked independently at first
Eventually the French Government made this
illegal (they where not making profits off of these
guys)
they continued any way, even sold to the British
weren't the British and French at war with one
another?
27. Voyageur
Means traveler
Men who travelled from New France to the
trading posts and brought goods to the posts and
furs back to New France
28. Pierre –Esprit Radisson
Read page 96-97
Was a Courer de bois
Worked for both the British and the French,
however he was French
Early on to his life in New France he was captured
by First Nations tribe and adopted by one of their
families
why?
First European to explore and trade furs west of
Lake Superior
French arrested him, why?
British used his information to form the Hudson Bay
Company
29. Catholic Church
Europe was embroiled in the division between
Protestants and Catholics
Jesuits (Catholic Missionary Order) came to New
France in the early 1600’s to convert First Nations
They are the major source of information about First
Nations before European conquest
Church was also responsible for:
running schools
hospitals
orphanages
They also where part of the ruling class
