Canada has a long history. Its history is an immigration history. Since ancient times, people had been moving and migrating to Canada and living here.British had the biggest impact on Canadian history. British formed HBC and monopolized the fur trade, this made a lot of European move to Canada. Also, British built churches and schools in North America to change first nations’ way to life. With the formation of the colonies, the government introduced many policies to change the political policy in Canada.
Firstly, the competition between British and French got more and more drastic. Both of them were struggling to expand the fur market share. HBC was the biggest fur company at that time. A lot of Europeans, especially British moved to Canada and left there because of the fur trade, gradually they evolved some new races, for …show more content…
British built a lot of churches and schools in North America. These churches and schools were British tools to alter first nations. Catholicism arrived in Canada in 1497, when John Cabot landed on Newfoundland, raised the Venetian and Papal banners and claimed the land for his sponsor King Henry VII of England. Also, the Missionaries came to North America to “save” the first nations. British “brainwashed” the first nations, made them believe the god and believe in the beliefs of the Europeans. At the same time, the residential schools also changed first nations’ culture. Marry Carpenter, she wrote in an magazine:“They did to stop us from expressing our Eskimo custom of raising our eyebrows for "yes" and wrinkling our noses for "no", I soon lost the ability to speak my mother tongue.” It showed what British did on first nations. A first nation child went to the British school. Before it, he was a first nation. But after it, he was completely changed--English, short hair, western
Firstly, the competition between British and French got more and more drastic. Both of them were struggling to expand the fur market share. HBC was the biggest fur company at that time. A lot of Europeans, especially British moved to Canada and left there because of the fur trade, gradually they evolved some new races, for …show more content…
British built a lot of churches and schools in North America. These churches and schools were British tools to alter first nations. Catholicism arrived in Canada in 1497, when John Cabot landed on Newfoundland, raised the Venetian and Papal banners and claimed the land for his sponsor King Henry VII of England. Also, the Missionaries came to North America to “save” the first nations. British “brainwashed” the first nations, made them believe the god and believe in the beliefs of the Europeans. At the same time, the residential schools also changed first nations’ culture. Marry Carpenter, she wrote in an magazine:“They did to stop us from expressing our Eskimo custom of raising our eyebrows for "yes" and wrinkling our noses for "no", I soon lost the ability to speak my mother tongue.” It showed what British did on first nations. A first nation child went to the British school. Before it, he was a first nation. But after it, he was completely changed--English, short hair, western