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Type: Multiple-Choice
Category: Colonial Period
Level: Grade 10
Tags: New France
Author: mariap
Created: 10 years ago

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Grade 10 Colonial Period

FROM EACH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES BELOW, SELECT THE
STATEMENT THAT DESCRIBES THE SITUATION IN NEW FRANCE
BETWEEN 1608 AND 1663.

POLITICAL ASPECTS
1. The French formed alliances with certain Amerindian groups to ensure the supply
of furs.
2. The French allied themselves with the English in order to drive the Amerindians
out of the country.
3. The major threat to the colony along the St. Lawrence River came from the
Spanish colonies to the south.

ECONOMIC ASPECTS
4. The chartered companies were mainly interested in developing agriculture.
5. The fur trade was the basis of the colony's economy.
6. The chartered companies were preoccupued with the development of the colony's
natural resources.

SOCIAL ASPECTS
7. The chartered companies encouraged the settlement of the colony.
8. The missionaries were concerned by the numerous marriages between
Europeans and Amerindians.
9. New France was still only a sparsely populated trading colony
  1. 1, 5 and 9
  2. 2, 4, and 7
  3. 2, 6 and 8
  4. 3, 6 and 7