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 cca0710.txt
But as an expedition could not be equipped without money, the governor looked to the intendant for funds, and the intendant might object that the plans of the governor were unduly extravagant.
The Council met at the Chateau St Louis on Monday morning of each week, at a round table where the governor had the bishop on his right hand and the intendant on his left.
The intendant certainly had the letter of the law on his side in seeking to clear the woods of those rovers who at the risk of their own lives and without expense to the government were gaining for France an unequalled knowledge of the interior.
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 Encyclopedia: New France
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666.
The Sovereign Council of New France was a political body appointed by the King of France and consisting of a Governor General, an intendant and a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/New-France   (7523 words)

  
 New France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The government of the colony was reformed along the lines of the government of France, with the Governor General and Intendant subordinate to the Minister of the Marine in France.
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
New France now had over 50,000 inhabitants, a vast increase from earlier in the century, but the British American colonies greatly outnumbered them, with over one million people (including a substantial number of French Huguenots).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France   (2377 words)

  
 Talon, Jean
In New France, Talon's industries, commercial agriculture and trade with the West Indies failed; for 3 years there was no intendant and the Crown would no longer invest large sums of money in colonial development.
Talon had accepted the post in Canada as a route to promotion, and in 1671 asked the king's permission to return to France in view of "my obedience in leaving Europe for America, exposing my life to the different perils of sea and sickness...
As "Intendant of Justice, Public order and Finances in...
http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&ArticleId=A0007860   (2377 words)

  
 A SHORT HISTORY OF NEW FRANCE
He had been recalled to France by the King because of open and violent quarrels with the then Intendant, Duchesneau and replaced as governor in 1682 by a blustering weakling, Lefebvre de la Barre, who in turn is recalled and replaced in 1685 by the Marquis de Denonville.
When the news of Christopher Columbus' early trip and discoveries in the new world in 1492 spread through the courts of Europe, England and France see the opportunity to claim for themselves some of the potential vast wealth that these new lands have to offer.
France's earliest thrust to claim some of the new world for itself is in the Spring of 1534, when Francis I sends a French sailor, Jacques Cartier, from St-Malo in Brittany on April 20, with sixty-one men.
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 cca0510.txt
Year after gear the governor and intendant grew increasingly urgent in repeated requests for more settlers, until a rebuke arrived in a suggestion that the king was not minded to depopulate France in order to people his colonies.
Nothing was left undone to coax emigrants from France.
Royal decrees of outlawry and ecclesiastical edicts of excommunication were issued against them.
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 cca0610.txt
Thus it came about that, when an intendant was needed to infuse new blood into the veins of the feeble colony on the St Lawrence, Colbert, always a good judge of men, thought immediately of Jean Talon and recommended to the king his appointment as intendant of New France.
This new governing body was to be composed of the governor, the bishop, the intendant, an attorney-general, a secretary, and five councillors.
Engineers sent by the intendant reported favourably of the coal-mines in Cape Breton; the specimens tested were deemed to be of very good quality.
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 New France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon, in the winter of 1665-1666.
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
New France now had over 50,000 inhabitants, a massive increase from earlier in the century, but the British American colonies greatly outnumbered them, with over one million people (including a substantial number of French Huguenots).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France   (2360 words)

  
 New France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666.
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
The government of the colony was reformed along the lines of the government of France, with the Governor General and Intendant subordinate to the Minister of the Marine in France.
http://www.sevenhills.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/New_France   (2360 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: New France
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666.
The Sovereign Council of New France was a political body appointed by the King of France and consisting of a Governor General, an intendant and a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
New France ( French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/New-France   (2360 words)

  
 Civilization.ca - Oracle - Jean Talon, First Intendant of New France
The intendant would also have to be a man of unquestioned loyalty to the Crown, because he would have to represent, in Louis XIV's own words, "the eye and hand of the King.
In his early career, he occupied several positions in military administration, including chief military commissioner in Flanders, intendant of the army at Turenne, and chief commissioner of Quesnoy — an important stronghold in France's war against Spain.
In 1655, at the relatively young age of 30, he became Intendant of Hainaut — an important territory stretching across the north of France and a significant portion of Flanders (Belgium) — and occupied the post until 1665.
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 New France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666.
The government of the colony was reformed along the lines of the government of France, with the Governor General and Intendant subordinate to the Minister of the Marine in France.
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France   (2211 words)

  
 NEW FRANCE: 1524-1763
becomes the intendant of New France and the colony knows a great period of growth and prosperity.
Halifax is founded and becomes the new center of government.
New France is then an enormous empire that goes from Hudson Bay to the Mexican Gulf (through all the american midwest), and from Acadie to the Rockies.
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 cca0710.txt
But as an expedition could not be equipped without money, the governor looked to the intendant for funds, and the intendant might object that the plans of the governor were unduly extravagant.
Both were to return to France by the last ships of that year; but in the meantime Frontenac was enabled to confer with them on the state of the colony and to acquaint himself with their views on many important subjects.
Worse still, the commissions under which both held office were often contradictory.
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 Articles - New France
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666.
This was essentially the death sentence of New France.
The government of the colony was reformed along the lines of the government of France, with the Governor General and Intendant subordinate to the Minister of the Marine in France.
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 Topic 2: Royal Government
King Louis XIV wanted to make France the most powerful country in Europe and to make New France a strong colony.
They reported to the intendant the concerns of the habitants and informed the habitants of the intendant's plans.
Why was Royal Government adopted in 1663 and what were its key characteristics ?
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 New France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666.
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
New France now had over 50,000 inhabitants, a vast increase from earlier in the century, but the British American colonies greatly outnumbered them with over one million people (including a substantial number of French Huguenots).
http://www.sevenhills.us/project/wikipedia/index.php/New_France   (2216 words)

  
 Intendant of New France
The first intendant of New France was Jean Talon, appointed in 1665 when the colony became a royal province of France.
fr:Intendant (Nouvelle-France) Category:New France New France was governed by three rulers: the governor, the bishop and the intendant, all appointed by the King, and sent from France.
It was Talon who took the first census of the colony in 1666.
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 exam2-2
After 1663, New France came under the direct control of the monarchy;the king appointed all of the colongy's officials and could veto any of their decisions.The Governor and the Intendant were two important administrators of this newsystem called ROYALGOVERNMENT.
The Governor and the Intendant, along with the Bishop and a number of councillors,composed the Sovereign Council.
Shortly after his arrival in New France, Intendant Jean Talon ordered that a census be taken.
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 ipedia.com: New France Article
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon in the winter of 1665-1666.
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
New France describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River by Jacques Cartier in 1534 to the cession of New France to...
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 intendant of New France: Information From Answers.com
New France was governed by three rulers: the governor, the bishop and the intendant, all appointed by the King, and sent from France.
intendant of New France is mentioned in the following topics:
The first intendant of New France was Jean Talon, appointed in 1665 when the colony became a royal province of France.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Jean Talon
Louis XIV and Colbert being determined to save Canada, then in great distress, Talon was appointed intendant the same day (23 March, 1655) that Courcelles became Governor of New France.
First intendant in exercise of New France, b.
After studying at the Jesuit college of Clermont, in Paris, he embraced the career of military administration, beginning as war commissary in Flanders (1654), where he acted as intendant to Turenne's army.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14438a.htm   (200 words)

  
 New France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1666 census of New France was conducted by France's intendant, Jean Talon, in the winter of 1665-1666.
New France (French: la Nouvelle-France) describes the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Saint Lawrence River, by Jacques Cartier in 1534, to the cession of New France to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1763.
New France now had over 50,000 inhabitants, a vast increase from earlier in the century, but the British American colonies greatly outnumbered them, with over one million people (including a substantial number of French Huguenots).
http://www.vacilando.org/_cliextra/baghdadmuseumorg/includepage.php?title=New_France&action=edit   (2311 words)

  
 cca0610.txt
Thus it came about that, when an intendant was needed to infuse new blood into the veins of the feeble colony on the St Lawrence, Colbert, always a good judge of men, thought immediately of Jean Talon and recommended to the king his appointment as intendant of New France.
In 1664 three hundred labourers were conveyed to Quebec at the king's expense, and in the following year the colonists received the welcome information that the king was also about to send them a regiment of trained soldiers, a viceroy, a new governor, a new intendant, settlers and labourers, and all kinds of supplies.
Engineers sent by the intendant reported favourably of the coal-mines in Cape Breton; the specimens tested were deemed to be of very good quality.
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 Civil Code of Quebec - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
seigneuries in New France and under French feudal law the lords of these jurisdictions had judicial powers (high and low jurisdiction), those grants by the French crown never included a grant of high (capital crimes) or low (minor offences) jurisdiction as those powers were reserved for the Intendant.
Royal Intendants ( "les ordonnances des intendants") and the decisions of the Conseil souverain( "les arrêts de règlement du Conseil souverain").
Low jurisdiction was a manner in which some local disputes could be resolved by the local seigneur according to his whim — even that power was reserved for the Intendant in New France.
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 Louis XIV
Louis curbed the authority of the local royal officials who purchased or inherited their offices and of the elected town officials by expanding the duties of the intendant.
Richelieu died in 1642 and Louis XIII followed him to the grave a few months later, leaving to others the task of completing their work, The great cardinal was replaced by an Italian adventurer named Mazarin (1602-1661), who was also a prince of the Church.
They had expanded France a long way towards its present boundaries, but they had bankrupted their people.
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 Canada in the Making - Constitutional History
New France also had local governments in Louisiana, Acadia, Québec, Trois-Rivières and Montreal, each with a local governor and intendant's sub-delegate.
Although technically subordinate to the governor and bishop, the intendant had much wider and more influential powers.
This also failed - this time because of war with the Mohawk - and on September 24, 1663, the Louis XIV intervened and the colony of New France became a royal province.
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 NEW FRANCE 1664 - 1669
September 23: (I)-Jean Talon (1625-1694) was Intendant of New France from September 12, 1665 to 1668.
July 16: King Louise XIV of France shipped 21 mares and 2 stallions from the Royal stables to New France.
An ancestor of the Garneau clan, (II)-Marie Catherine Durand, is born June 4, 1666 at Cap Rouge (Sillery), New France daughter (I)-Jean Durand born 1640 and (II)-Catherine Annennontak (Huronne) born 1649.
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 Castel of Goudourville : story
Famous people are the hosts of Goudourville, in particular the bishop of Lectoure (in 1500), Henri IV, King of France, the first Pope in Avignon, Clement V and the Royal Intendant of Montauban (in 1785).
Spear head of the defense line of the kingdom of France, it conceded the right to its owner the title of Marquis, (i.e.
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