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    In 1534, France's King Francis I approved Jacques Cartier to lead a voyage to the New World in search of gold and other forms of riches, as well as to map another course to Asia. He explored the St. Lawrence River would later give France the power to establish Canada as their own.The disclosure of the passage to the St. Lawrence River turned into the fundamental canal for Europeans to enter North America. In 1534, King Francis I of France sent Cartier on another excursion toward the eastern bank of North America, then called the "northern grounds." On a voyage that would add him to the rundown of well known adventurers, Cartier was to search for gold and other riches, spices, and a new entry to Asia. Cartier sailed on April 20, 1534, with…

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    This is like a diary of Jacques Cartier, so I will consider this resource as a primary resource. In this diary, he described the situation of how they met the Indians, what those Indians did and why Jacques Cartier group killed two of Indians in the first meeting of them and Micmac Indians. Later, he talked about the situation of their second meeting, and how they made the deal. From his describing, it should be the first contact between the explorers and the Indians. The Indians showed their…

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    Many of the very first European explorers to reach the new world were, without direct encouragement, introduced to scalping. It quickly became apparent that scalping was innately tied to intertribal warfare and was ritualized. For instance, the French navigator Jacques Cartier was particularly struck by the Indian practice during his second voyage to the St. Lawrence Gulf in 1535, a region largely untouched by western contact at the time; “Donnacona, [the Iroquois chief], invited [Cartier] to…

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    The first historical contact of a European with Canada was when Norse Vikings landed in L'Anse aux Meadows, New Newfoundland at the turn of the 2nd millennium. It was not till Italian John Cabot 1497, sailing under the banner of King Henry VII of England, did another European come into contact with Canada. However, it was Jacques Cartier of France who was the first explorer to explore the Canadian wilderness in depth, and declared the area around the St.Lawrence River in the name of King Francis…

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    Canada has become a nation of a few different cultures, thanks to different events that have occurred throughout history that has helped from British and French nations. Canada was first discovered in 1534 by a French mariner who whom was Jacques Cartier (Quartier). Born on the 31st of December 1491 till the 1st of September 1557. After the Duchy of Brittany was formally united Cartier was introduced to King Francis 1 by Jean Le Veneur. He set sail for a mission by the commission to hopefully…

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    the archaeological record to provide the answers regarding the past. He highly relies on the archaeological record (ceramic styles, design) to determine information on identity, politics and interrelationships between the St. Lawrence Iroquoians and Huron-Wendat people. Opinions in Place of Conclusions: These are unsupported assertions which Gibbon (2014) suggests are opinions. Therefore, the following are opinions asserted in place of conclusions: ¬ Ramsden (2016:6) suggests that his…

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    I'm going to tell you about Jacques Cartier. Do you know anything about Jacques Cartier? Hope you enjoy! Jacques Cartier was born on December 31, 1491. Jacques Cartier lead three expeditions is now Canada, and he claimed much of these lands for France. He was also the person who named Canada. He was the one who laid claim for France and North America. In 1594 France was the first for France they missioned Cartier to explore land of america to search for gold, spices, and the route to northeast…

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    Navigator, Jacques Cartier was born 1491 west of the port of Saint-Malo. Jacques Cartier was a very respectable navigator/mariner that sailed multiple times across many lands in order to find new land. Jacques Cartier become very well known when he married Mary Catherine a women that was in a very good leading family In 1530 Jacques Cartier is also very well known in the in the port of Saint-Malo as he was born near there. First Voyage In 1534 In 1534 around two years after the Duchy of…

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    2. Historical Influences: The first inhabitants of Canada were aboriginal peoples who arrived from Asia thousands of years ago by the road linking Siberia and Alaska. The French and British explorers John Cabot-including King Henry VII, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain and Henry Hudson arrived in Canada in 1497, until the early 1600 's, the residents who France and Britain began to settle permanently in Canada. However, in 1935, the French explorer Jacques Cartier comes to Canada and call…

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    George-Étienne Cartier September 6, 1814, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada. He came from a wealthy family who claimed to be very distant relatives of the famous French explorer Jacques Cartier. As there was no school at Saint-Antoine, he was first educated by his mother. In 1824 he entered the college of Montreal, he was a smart and hard working student. He completed his secondary education in 1831, and then started his legal training. He became a lawyer in 1835 and also got involved…

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