Imagine all the electricity in the world just stopped. What would you
do?

Oh, um... better call my mom-nope phones dead. How about drive to her work... nope guess I'll have to walk. Uhh. Bike. I'll need a bike. Oh cr.ap I'm hungry as well... fridge is off as well? And freezer? Jeez. The foods might go bad... Uhhmmm it's pretty cold outside, so I can just stick the food in some ice in a cooler and stick it outside. And why's it so cold in the house? Did I leave the freezer open? Nope? I'll just go turn up the thermostat then and... wait. *taps on thermostat thingy* huh. Weiirr things are happening. *knock at the door* *walks to open door and sees neighbor from across the street* "Aye, is your electricity out?" "Yeah. It kinda just died, and so did my phone." "Uh-huh same. Maybe there's a power outage in the city or something? Wish I could check the news..."

Explanation:

a small town is a good definition for new france in 1750. new france was the area colonized by france in north america. the area is nowadays the city of quebec in canada.