The Role Of Habitants In New France

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I chose my stamp to be on the habitants in New France. I believe the habitats played a very important role because most habitants in New France were farmers who managed the land.

Habitant families worked very hard. They had a lot of responsibilities. Some of the jobs they had to do were:

Grow crops and raise animals to support themselves.
Give a portion of their production to the seigneur as rent.
Work without pay for seigneur for 10 days.
Provide free labour to build and maintain a church.
Pay taxes to church and government.

The habitants worked all year round. It was a very tiring schedule. All members of the family are expected to work. Habitants were one of the most important people in New France. They were the people who provided

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