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The new royal government established for that French colony in 1663 sought vigorously to promote settlement, economic development and military security, closely guided and supported by the weighty central bureaucracy of Louis XIV's absolute state. This new governing system, which would last to the end of French rule in Canada, had at its core a Sovereign or Superior Council, directly appointed by the crown and headed by three top officials, the governor, intendant and bishop. The governor, particularly concerned with military and external affairs, was nominally foremost; and in wartime, or in Indian diplomacy and in the fur trade, he well would be. Yet the intendant, dealing broadly with internal administration, especially in regard to settlement, land, law, and economic policies, could loom large indeed. And the bishop did not just lead the influential and established Catholic Church within the colony, but, as a high officer of the ruling Council, could be powerful in social, judicial and other matters brought before it.

vigorously to promote settlement, economic development and military security, closely guided and supported by the weighty central bureaucracy of Louis XIV's absolute state. This new governing system, which would last to the end of French rule in Canada, had at its core a Sovereign or Superior Council, directly appointed by the crown and headed by three top officials, the governor, intendant and bishop. The governor, particularly concerned with military and external affairs, was nominally foremost; and in wartime, or in Indian diplomacy and in the fur trade, he well would be. Yet the intendant, dealing broadly with internal administration, especially in regard to settlement, land, law, and economic policies, could loom large indeed. And the bishop did not just lead the influential and established Catholic Church within the colony, but, as a high officer of the ruling Council, could be powerful in social, judicial and other matters brought

The new royal government established for that French colony in 1663 sought vigorously to promote settlement, economic development and military security, closely guided and supported by the weighty central bureaucracy of Louis XIV's absolute state. This new governing system, which would last to the end of French rule in Canada, had at its core a Sovereign or Superior Council, directly appointed by the crown and headed by three top officials, the governor, intendant and bishop. The governor, particularly concerned with military and external affairs, was nominally foremost; and in wartime, or in Indian diplomacy and in the fur trade, he well would be. Yet the intendant, dealing broadly with internal administration, especially in regard to settlement, land, law, and economic policies, could loom large indeed. And the bishop did not just lead the influential and established Catholic Church within the colony, but, as a high officer of the ruling Council, could be powerful in social, judicial and other matters brought