summary of pages 13-14
due to the ratio of men to women in the new colony of new france the king sent over single women to help decrease that ratio and allow for the colony to populate itself and expand further west along the st. Laurence river. these women were called "les filles du roi " and they were mostly young women and those found out to be prostitutes would be sent back upon the discovery of these acts.
in 1608 when champlain founded quebec it was a very small village with few inhabitants. the name quebec is an amerindian word meaning narrowing due to the fact that quebec is situated at a point on the st laurence river that narrows. years later in 1634 Champlain put sieur de lavoilette in charge of the settlement that we now call trois riviere. this settlement facilitated trading and communicating with the amerindians in the area and helped to prevent the interception of trade caravans by the irroquois.
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