Many French colonial settlements were laid out in the long lot system. In this system, people had long, narrow farms with access to a river. In which of these areas would the long lot system have been commonly used?

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Shea Moss

15 October, 12:22

Many French colonial settlements were laid out in the long lot system. In this system, people had long, narrow farms with access to a river. In which of these areas would the long lot system have been commonly used?

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Madyson Baxter · Answer 1

The early French government tried to transplant a vestigial form of feudalism, the seigneurial system, to its possessions in Canada where it laid out long lot systems and this system was implemented in Quebec, Louisiana, Texas by dividing the land into narrow parcels stretching back from rivers, roads.