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Title: Nobles and Commoners
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The French nobility wanted to forbid commoners positions as military officers. Louis XIV favoured competence above all else, but his successors gradually capitulated. The colonial forces were attractive to non-noble officers, since the nobility preferred to stay in France.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The White Flag As A Battle Flag
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: With origins in the Wars of Religion of the early seventeenth century, an all white flag symbolized France during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It was flown over military outposts and from ships' masts throughout the existence of the colony of New France.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: French Reaction
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: French reaction to Braddock's 1755 arrival in Virginia was the dispatch of six battalions of the French metropolitan army to the colonies. This was done because there was not enough time to recruit equivalent forces for the Troupes de la Marine who had historically been the garrison.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Amusements
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Their higher position in society allowed officers in New France a wider range of leisure activities than the common soldiers. Fine food and drink, parties and dancing, gambling and sports were all widely practiced. Amorous affairs were (mostly) discretely pursued, as well.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Recruitment
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Most of the British army was recruited in Great Britain. By the mid-19th century, half of the men were English or Welsh, one third Irish and the remainder Scottish. Recruits were (in theory) volunteers signed up by a regimental recruiting party, and service was for life (until 1847).
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The Cross of Saint Louis
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: This medal, the only one given to French officers at the time, was awarded for years of long and good service. Its holders became knights of the Order of Saint Louis, and from 1750 were automatically raised to the nobility. Over 140 officers in New France received the Cross.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Soldier dressed for an expedition, Compagnies franches de la Marine, m...
 
Type: Image
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Description: The Compagnies franches de la Marine wore short capots, leggings, breechcloths and mocassins when making lengthy expeditions through the forest. Two things identify this man as a soldier. The first item is the cartridge box on his belt, stamped with the arms of France. The second clue is the nightcap-like bonnet de police in the light grey and blue colours of the Compagnies franches. Reconstruction by Francis Back. (Parks Canada)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Soldier, Compagnies franches de la Marine, New France, 1750-1755
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: With his knapsack hanging at his back, and his musket slung from his shoulder, this common soldier of the Compagnies franches de la Marine must be on the march. Reconstruction by Eugène Lelièpvre. (Parks Canada)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The Governor General's Guard
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: During the period when New France was a colony of the French crown, the Governor General was authorized to have a small group of bodyguards, just as was the case in the provinces of France. The men often wore the Governor General's personal livery as a uniform.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: A Series of Amerindian Nations
 
Type: Document
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Description: During the eighteenth century, the northwest Pacific coast was home to a series of Amerindian nations, including the Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Nootka and Salish. These were maritime cultures - excellent sailors and fishermen who depended on the sea's resources
Site: National Defence
 
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