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Who was Jaques Cartier |
He was the first one to explore the st Lawrence river |
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Who was Giovanni Caboto |
Know as John Cabot. He was the first European explorer to see th grand banks of Newfoundland |
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Who was Samuel De Champlain |
Created the first permanent settlement of New France. He also made a deal with the Hurons. |
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What was the "Seigneurial System" |
French system of land allocation and surveying. Long thin strips of land along the river so they can trade along the river. |
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How was the indeginous population halved as a result of contact? |
The Europeans brought over diseases that the indigenous people were not immune to and ultipmitly killed a bunch of them. |
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Who initially held the power in the negotiations between the indeginous and Europeans? |
The indigenous did because they had more bimbers and the knowledge of how to survive and thrive on the land unlike the Europeans who were clueless. |
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How did the indeginous see their role in the negotiations with the European and Visa versa? |
Indeginous saw them as even while Europeans thought they were better than them all. |
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Who ans where was the seven year war fought and who won? |
It was between France and the english in north America and Europe they fought it to gain what is now Canada and the english won. |
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What does conquest refer to in Candian History? |
When Europe conquered new france and it became english territory. |
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Who were Louis Joseph Montcalm and James Wolfe |
They were military generals with Louis being the french general and James being the English general |
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What was the signifigance of the battle of the plains of abraham? |
It was the moment when canada became British. |
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Difference between appeasement and assimilation? |
Appeasement means to please the people where as assimilation is when you make them do it your way. |
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What did the indeginous and Europeans both think were the most important aspect of treaty negotiations? |
The indeginous like oral negotiation where as europeans liked written. |
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Give at least 2 reasons for the western expansion during that time period. |
So they get fur and they all wanted to have more land |
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What does contact refer to in Candian History? |
The initial meeting between the white people and the indeginous |
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What was the general theory about how Canada was originally populated? |
There was a land bridge at one point between Russia and Alaska and that people would travel across and it led them here |
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Define eurocentric and ethnocentric |
Eurocentric is the thought that europe the best of them all Ethnocentric means they felt their culture and way of doing things was superior to all others (indeginous) |