| A | B |
|---|
| Imperialism | Countries extend their control over other nations, often creating empires. |
| Monopoly | The king could grant this to a specific group of merchants and eliminate competition. |
| Competition | Rival colonies try to get more control and resources. |
| Colony | A territory of land controlled by another country. |
| Acadians | The first French colonists in the Bay of Fundy - poor farmers from France. |
| Coureur de Bois | First French adventurers to leave New France. |
| Explorers | Jaques Cartier was one of these, sent by the Kingdom of France. |
| The Royal Takeover | King Louis XIV takes control of the colony of New France from the merchants. |
| Jesuits | Missionaries of the Roman Catholic faith. |
| Seigneurial System | The social structure in New France where the king gives strips of land to the nobles. |
| Habitants | Worked for the seigneurs by renting strips of land and setting up farms. |
