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Page 49
Were the lords of the manors in the colony to be little more than high-status
colonization agents, compelled to improve their seigneuries to attract newcomers
who received nearly rent-free land and owed obedience to none but officials of
the ...
Were the lords of the manors in the colony to be little more than high-status
colonization agents, compelled to improve their seigneuries to attract newcomers
who received nearly rent-free land and owed obedience to none but officials of
the ...
Page 89
There was no prior French settlement in the sense of seigneuries in the new
province — only mile after mile of unoccupied waterfront, cleared for settlers and
displaced Iroquois by a treaty with the Mississauga Indians in 1784- On that
account, ...
There was no prior French settlement in the sense of seigneuries in the new
province — only mile after mile of unoccupied waterfront, cleared for settlers and
displaced Iroquois by a treaty with the Mississauga Indians in 1784- On that
account, ...
Page 96
One reason was that agricultural production did not keep pace with the
continuing doubling of population every 25 years, a rate well in excess of the
area of potential new farms on the seigneurial estates. But seigneurial rents
remained ...
One reason was that agricultural production did not keep pace with the
continuing doubling of population every 25 years, a rate well in excess of the
area of potential new farms on the seigneurial estates. But seigneurial rents
remained ...
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