Chapter 2 terms and people
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Viceroy
A governor or ruler exercising authority on behalf of a sovereign in a province or colony
Metis
A person of mixed French-Canadian and Native American ancestry
Mestizo
A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
Missionary
A person who spreads his or her religious beliefs to others
Mission
A religious settlement
Northwest Passage
A water route to Asia through the cold waters of present day Canada
Presidio
Fort
Coureurs de bois
French colonists who participated the fur trade w/ the indians and lived with them for part of the year
Samuel de Champlain
French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635)
Quebec
The first permanent European settlement
