filles du roi - "daughters of the king" were single and/or orphaned women in France who were sent to New France to marry and start families to help populate the new colony., colony - a settlement established in a new country by people from a different country., couriers des bois - "runners of the woods" men who made their careers as fur traders in the forests of New France, convert - to change religions -the clergy tried to get the First Nations people to change their religion and convert to Christianity., pelt - fur and skin of animal used to make household items and clothing, habitant - the poor farmers who rented the far land from the seigneurs, missionary - someone who goes to another country to help people and share their religion, seigneur - the owner of the land plots in New France; they were often wealthy men of nobility back in France,

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