Refer to the passage. Which of the following aspects of the development of the
French state are illustrated in the passage?
"Acting upon the information which has been given us by
those who have returned from New France, respecting
the good quality and fertility of the lands of that country,
and the disposition of the people to accept the
knowledge of God, We have resolved to continue the
settlement previously undertaken there, in order that our
subjects may go there to trade without hinderance."
O The autonomy of the French Catholic clergy
O The strength and independence of the noble class
O The establishment of the Third Estate as a political
influence
O The centralization of authority and an increase of the
monarch's power
Commission from Henry IV of France to the Sieur de
Monts, leading to the establishment of Quebec (1608)