Chapter 4 Life in French Missouri

1. Chapter 4 Life in French Missouri 4th Grade Elementary

2. Vocabulary merchant: a business person engaged in retail tradecupboard: a small room or cabinet used for storage spacegumbo: 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 objectsmortar and pestle: shutters: movable covers for a window, usually a pair of themmoccasin: a soft leather shoe or sandal without a heelchandelier: branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceilingloft: 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 ceilingswhitewash: a mixture or lime and water painted on walls of fences to whiten them.shingles: building material used as siding or roofinglicense: a legal document giving official permission to do somethingluxuries: something that is an indulgence rather than a necessity mortar and pestle: a container and club shaped tool used for grinding or pounding medicines.

3. The French Village Red , white, and black settlers lived together. The French settlements were very different from American settlements.

4. The French French Settlements Other European Settlements • 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 • Put stores and shops in a business district. Built their homes in another part of town. • Horizontal log cabins

5. French Homes • 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

6. Rear of the Bolduc House fireplace Steep shingled roof Kitchen building Porch (Galleria) porch Garden

7. African Americans in Missouri’s Early French Communities 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 sourceAnalysis Sheet

8. The French and their Indian Neigbors 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

9. In French Missouri Farming Fur Trading and Lead Mining • 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 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

10. In French Missouri 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.

11. French People at Play fun loving people Horse racing was a favorite sport Like music and dancing Enjoyed playing gamesand telling stories

12. Chapter 4 Review Vocabulary review FRENCH SETTLERS – Homes. Fact Monster - French Exploration and SettlementFur Traders Ste. Genevieve Village French Influence Colonial Times in America