Chapter 4 Life in French Missouri
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Chapter 4 Life in French Missouri
4th Grade Elementary
Vocabulary merchant: a business person engaged in retail trade
cupboard: a small room or cabinet used for storage spacegumbo: a soup thickened with okra pods or file that is a mixture of meat or seafood and vegetables.
carpenter: a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objectsmortar and pestle: shutters: movable covers for a window, usually a pair of themmoccasin: a soft leather shoe or sandal without a heelchandelier: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceilingloft: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage.lard: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog.plaster: a wet mixture that is spread on walls and ceilingswhitewash: a mixture or lime and water painted on walls of fences to whiten them.shingles: building material used as siding or roofinglicense: a legal document giving official permission to do somethingluxuries: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
mortar and pestle: a container and club shaped tool used for grinding or pounding medicines.
The French Village Red , white, and black settlers lived
together. The French settlements were very
different from American settlements.
The FrenchFRENCH SETTLEMENTS
OTHER EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS
Mixed their homes, stores, and public buildings throughout their villages. French merchants used their homes as their place of business.
Did not build their houses close to together , they surrounded their homes with slave cabins, barns , stables, gardens, and orchards.
Built fences around their houses.
Vertical log cabins
Put stores and shops in a business district. Built their homes in another part of town.
Horizontal log cabins
French Homes Painted the walls with whitewash One story Steep grass roofs (early) Wooded shingle roofs Porches (galleries)
protected the plaster walls Shaded the house
Wooden shutters Fireplaces Mostly one room with dirt floors
Rear of the Bolduc House
fireplace
Steep shingled roofKitchen building Porch (Galleria)
Garden
porch
African Americans in Missouri’s Early French Communities
1 of every three people living in French settlements at St. Genevieve and St. Louis was an African America. Most of them were slaves.
Not all of them were slaves. Some had been set free by their masters for their years of hard work. Some had saved money and bought their freedom.
Free black men worked as hunters, rowers, craftsmen, and farmers.
Free black women worded as housekeepers and servants.
Free blacks could own property Slave primary source Analysis Sheet
The French and their Indian Neigbors
The French got along well with the Native Americans.
They sold them guns and other goods Many traders had Indian wives. Louis Lorimier was a famous trader, his father
was a Frenchman, and his mother a Native American. He founded the town on Cape Girardeau. He married an Shawnee Indian woman.
The French often wore moccasins and leather pants
In French MissouriFARMING FUR TRADING AND LEAD MINING
Farms were owned by the whole village, it was called the common field.
Each family received a strip of land in it.
They raised wheat, corn, cotton, flax, hemp, and tobacco.
Fur traders traveled up the Mississippi and the Missouri Ricers in small boats and canoes.
St. Louis became an important place for selling furs.
Phillippe Renault ran the lead mines near Ste. Genevieve
In French MissouriWomen took care of family Prepared food Cared for gardens, harvesting,
milking cows exc… Cared for the sick
Clothing Made their own clothes Brought the thread from France Men wore pants, and loose fitting
cotton shirts with blur handkerchiefs on their head.
Women wore long red or blue cotton skirts and a short cotton jacket.
Both men and women wore moccasins.
Cooking Great cooks The French liked gumbos, stews,
and soups. People raised potatoes , pumpkins,
turnips, corn, melons, cabbage, beets, peas, and carrots.
They grew apples, peaches, plums and grapes.
Settlers raised cattle, hogs, and chickens.
Schools Most children did not attend school Students had to pay to attend
schools Some important French people sent
their children to school in Canada.
French People at Play fun loving people Horse racing was a favorite sport Like music and dancing Enjoyed playing games and telling
stories
Chapter 4 Review Vocabulary review FRENCH SETTLERS – Homes. Fact Monster - French Exploration and
SettlementFur Traders
Ste. Genevieve Village French Influence Colonial Times in America