Québec, 1745,
Your Majesty King Louis XV,
Despite all our efforts, the populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say population when we talk about a group... of New France is increasing less rapidly than in the English colonies. Last year, there were about 55 000 people in New France.
Three out four live in the countryside. The others live in the colonyColonizationColonization occurs when one country takes control of another country, territory, or people. It happens when...’s three towns: Québec, Trois-Rivières and Montréal. Québec is the capital and main town, with 4600 inhabitants; 3700 people live in Montréal. Only the voyageurs working in the fur tradeTrade is when we buy, sell, or just exchange goods (things, foods, etc.) or services (helping... lead a nomadicA nomad is someone who lives by travelling from place to place. Nomadic thus means anything that involves... way of life; everyone else is sedentarySedentary means to live in one place, to grow one's own food, and to build more....
The populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say population when we talk about a group... is still concentrated in the St. Lawrence Valley between Vaudreuil and Ȋle-aux-Coudres. Our territoryA territory is an area of land, or sometimes of sea, that we can say "belongs"... of Louisiana is growing even more slowly; only 4000 souls live there.
Far fewer colonists have come to settle in the colonyColonizationColonization occurs when one country takes control of another country, territory, or people. It happens when... than expected. Large Canadian families have been responsible for the increase in the populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say population when we talk about a group.... Each family has an average of seven children. It was the arrival of the filles du roi (literally, the king’s daughters) that enabled this significant growth in the populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say population when we talk about a group.... As a result, most of the colonyColonizationColonization occurs when one country takes control of another country, territory, or people. It happens when...’s habitants were born here and many of them consider themselves Canadians rather than French immigrants.
Your faithful and devoted intendantreprésentant du roi en Nouvelle-France.,
Gilles Hocquart
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