New France

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Across
  1. 3. des bois - “Runner of the woods” were men who made their careers as fur traders in the forests of New France.
  2. 5. du roy - “Daughters of the king” were single and/or orphaned women in France who were sent to New France to marry and start families to help populate the new colony.
  3. 6. - Fur and skin of an animal used to make household items and clothing.
  4. 7. - Someone who goes to another country to help people and share their religion.
Down
  1. 1. - To change religions. The clergy tried to get the First Nations people to change their religion and convert to Christianity.
  2. 2. - The poor farmers who rented the farm land from the seigneurs.
  3. 3. - A settlement established in a new country by people from a different
  4. 4. - The owner of the land plots in New France, they were often wealthy men of nobility back in France.