Gender, Season, Society Daily Life in New France and British North America.
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Gender, Season, Society
Daily Life in New France and British North America
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Their Location
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Daily Life for the Settlers
Relied heavily on agriculture as their primary source of food.
• Men would clear the land of forests and scrub brush and it took up to a year to clear 1 hectare.
• Men also went into the brush to hunt animals for the Fur Trade or trade with the local Indigenous peoples.
• Called Coureurs de Bois.
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Farming Practices
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Daily Life in New France
In addition to their farming the settlers depended on animals they raised as another sources of food.
• The Habitants grew wheat, peas, barley, oats and barely.
• They raised chickens, pigs, cows, sheep and horses as sources of food and other resources.
• The men were in charge of farming only becoming bushmen once their children were old enough to run the farm.
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Daily Life in New France
The women were in charge of the Household • They watched over the children, often having
around 10 children. • The women maintained the house, worked the
gardens, cooked meals and sewed clothing.• Women also appeared to often manage the
family business expenses and own Inns, .
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Managing the House
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Social Life
The Habitants went to Church regularly on Sundays.
• Those these days were spiritually important they were also a time to socialize with friends.
• During the winters the Habitants regularly got together with friends for feasts and to party.