In what ways did Nicholas Chassin represent royal authority in Illinois?

Why did Nicholas need a wife?

Why does Nicholas refer to his future wife as a "certain article of furniture"?

How were women viewed in the 1700s?

What kind of power did women hold in French colonial society? Do you think their position was affected by the scarcity of women in the colonies?

In what ways was marriage an economic agreement between a man and a woman?

Agnes was Catholic, why do you think that was important to Nicholas Chassin?

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