Transcript Chapter 4 Life in French Missouri

4th Grade Elementary
merchant: a business person engaged in retail trade
cupboard: a small room or cabinet used for storage space
gumbo: a soup thickened with okra pods or file that is a mixture of
meat or seafood and vegetables.
carpenter: a woodworker who makes or repairs wooden objects
mortar and pestle:
shutters: movable covers for a window, usually a pair of them
moccasin: a soft leather shoe or sandal without a heel
chandelier: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the
ceiling
loft: floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below
roof; often used for storage.
lard: soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue
of the hog.
plaster: a wet mixture that is spread on walls and ceilings
whitewash: a mixture or lime and water painted on walls of fences
to whiten them.
shingles: building material used as siding or roofing
license: a legal document giving official permission to do
something
luxuries: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity
mortar and pestle: a container and club shaped tool used for
grinding or pounding medicines.
 Red
, white, and black settlers lived
together.
 The French settlements were very
different from American settlements.
FRENCH SETTLEMENTS
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Mixed their homes, stores, and
public buildings throughout
their villages. French
merchants used their homes
as their place of business.
Did not build their houses
close to together , they
surrounded their homes with
slave cabins, barns , stables,
gardens, and orchards.
Built fences around their
houses.
Vertical log cabins
OTHER EUROPEAN
SETTLEMENTS
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Put stores and shops in a
business district. Built their
homes in another part of
town.
Horizontal log cabins
 Painted
the walls with whitewash
 One story
 Steep grass roofs (early)
 Wooded shingle roofs
 Porches (galleries)
 protected the plaster walls
 Shaded the house
 Wooden
shutters
 Fireplaces
 Mostly one room with dirt floors
Rear of the Bolduc House
fireplace
Porch (Galleria)
1 of every three people living in French
settlements at St. Genevieve and St. Louis was an
African America. Most of them were slaves.
 Not all of them were slaves. Some had been set
free by their masters for their years of hard work.
Some had saved money and bought their
freedom.
 Free black men worked as hunters, rowers,
craftsmen, and farmers.
 Free black women worded as housekeepers and
servants.
 Free blacks could own property
Slave primary source
Analysis Sheet
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 The
French got along well with the Native
Americans.
 They sold them guns and other goods
 Many traders had Indian wives.
 Louis Lorimier was a famous trader, his
father was a Frenchman, and his mother a
Native American. He founded the town on
Cape Girardeau. He married an Shawnee
Indian woman.
 The French often wore moccasins and
leather pants
FARMING
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Farms were owned by the
whole village, it was called
the common field.
Each family received a strip
of land in it.
They raised wheat, corn,
cotton, flax, hemp, and
tobacco.
FUR TRADING AND LEAD
MINING
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Fur traders traveled up the
Mississippi and the
Missouri Ricers in small
boats and canoes.
St. Louis became an
important place for selling
furs.
Phillippe Renault ran the
lead mines near Ste.
Genevieve
Women
 took care of family
 Prepared food
 Cared for gardens, harvesting,
milking cows exc…
 Cared for the sick
Clothing
 Made their own clothes
 Brought the thread from France
 Men wore pants, and loose
fitting cotton shirts with blur
handkerchiefs on their head.
 Women wore long red or blue
cotton skirts and a short cotton
jacket.
 Both men and women wore
moccasins.
Cooking
 Great cooks
 The French liked gumbos, stews,
and soups.
 People raised potatoes , pumpkins,
turnips, corn, melons, cabbage,
beets, peas, and carrots.
 They grew apples, peaches, plums
and grapes.
 Settlers raised cattle, hogs, and
chickens.
Schools
 Most children did not attend school
 Students had to pay to attend
schools
 Some important French people sent
their children to school in Canada.
fun loving people
 Horse racing was a favorite sport
 Like music and dancing
 Enjoyed playing games and telling
stories
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 Vocabulary
review
 FRENCH SETTLERS – Homes.
 Fact Monster - French Exploration and
SettlementFur Traders
 Ste. Genevieve Village
 French Influence
 Colonial Times in America