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Since the early 17th century until the early 1900s, Aboriginal Peoples have signed treaties with the British and French, which the two countries then, turned into Canadians later on, after Confederation. Although, in the beginning, when the British first started to sign treaties with the Aboriginals, they wanted to encourage peace, yet, later on, the British and French looked at the treaties from a different perspective, then the Aboriginals and each country had different goals that they wanted to achieve from the treaties. Even though, the Aboriginals sacrificed a lot of their rights and freedom while signing the treaties, I strongly believe, each and every treaty that was signed with the Aboriginal Peoples was worthy and they were historically significant to Canadian history.

In the early 17th century Aboriginal Peoples began to sign treaties with the French and British. When the British and French first came to settle and explore land in Canada, the land was already occupied by
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Would you be delighted to leave? Or would you protest and debate until you get the right to live in your house again? Today, everyone has the right to debate and protest for themselves. However, back in the 1800s, Aboriginal Peoples almost weren’t allowed to protest at all. This was because of power, and class. The Aboriginals knew that the Canadians had more power than them, and they were in a higher class than them because the more of the Canadians were in control. Therefore, they chose not to demand, nor debate, because they knew what the results were going to turn out to be. Similar to this example, the British and French were able to possess and take control of more land, as the number of treaties signed by the Aboriginals began to

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