The decision to make New France an official colony allowed the French to thrive and prosper there.
Explanation:
Initially the French population in New France was relatively low and thus the chances for the colony to prosper were less. When Louis V1V made it a royal province New France became a more secure territory. For it to prosper, the emigration from France to the colony was encouraged.
Several incentives were offered like free transatlantic passages and people who were willing to move benefited in several ways. To strengthen the colony Louis VIV decided to send single women called ‘king’s daughters’ to New France so that they could marry suitable men among the settlers of the colony and start a family there.
All these measures helped improve the population of the colony and brought prosperity.