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A chart showing the political organization of New France (circa 1759) The office of the intendant first made its appearance in connection with the affairs of New France in the spring of 1663. On the advice of Colbert, the king had decided to provide New France with a new framework of government modelled in general upon that of a French province.
Jean Talon, Count d'Orsainville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ talɔ̃]; January 8, 1626 – November 23, 1694) was a French colonial administrator who served as the first Intendant of New France. Talon was appointed by King Louis XIV and his minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert , to serve as the Intendant of Justice, Public Order and Finances in ...
[19] The 1666 census of New France was the first census conducted in North America. [20] It was organized by Jean Talon, the first Intendant of New France, between 1665 and 1666. [20] According to Talon's census there were 3,215 people in New France, comprising 538 separate families. [21]
In the case of New France, Maurepas wanted "a more obedient, down-to-earth and efficient man with whom to replace Claude-Thomas Dupuy," the intendant from 1725 to 1728. [9] On March 8, 1729, Maurepas formally commissioned Hocquart to perform the functions of Intendant in remote New France as commissaire-ordonnateur , a rank below that of ...
5.2 1665 to 1672 : concessions by the intendant Talon. 5.3 1672 to 1682 : ... List of Seigneuries of New France by order of the first concession.
Bégon was appointed to serve as the intendant of New France in 1710. [4] However, he, his new wife Jeanne-Élisabeth de Beauharnois de La Boische, and his brother Claude-Michel sailed for the colony in 1712. [5] He replaced the co-intendants, Antoine-Denis Raudot and Jacques Raudot and held the position from 1712–1726. [6]
It was organized by Jean Talon, the first Intendant of New France, between 1665 and 1666. Talon and the French Minister of the Marine Jean-Baptiste Colbert had brought the colony of New France under direct royal control in 1663, and Colbert wished to make it the centre of the French colonial empire. To do this he needed to know the state of the ...
1712 – New France extends from Newfoundland to Lake Superior and from the Hudson Bay to the Gulf of Mexico. 1712 – Michel Bégon becomes Intendant of New France; 1713 – French colonists in all of North America numbered about twelve thousand, while British colonists numbered almost one million. 1713 – British destroy Fort St. Louis when ...