Jacques Cartier

Geography: Canada is the 2nd largest nation on Earth with a total land area of 9,984,670 sq km, and is the largest nation on the North American continent. Although Canada is the second largest country on Earth and the largest in North America, most of Canada 's land is part of a rather inhospitable land that is characterized by tundra and arctic features. Consequently, due to Canada 's very northern location, most of the Canadian population lives towards the United States border where the most…

Portugal all developed colonies in North and South America, but they administered them in differing ways. French explorers such as Jacques Cartier, and Samuel de Champlain founded French colonies on the island of Mont Real (now Montreal) and in Quebec by sailing along the St. Lawrence river. The summation of their new colonies became known as New France. After priest Jacques Marquette and trader Louis Joliet explored the Mississippi River and the Great Lakes, add Sieur de La Salle claimed the…

routes that led to china Amerigo Vespucci travelled deep into the coastlines of south america, shedding light on future explorers. Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation in 1517 Ottoman Selim conques the majority of arab and egypt in 1517. Jacques Cartier explored the northeast coast of north america, setting a foundation to future settlers / explorers. Spaniards fled cuba and arrived in mexico, carrying a lot of today’s modern mexican culture with them. Cortes started to get word that…

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James Cook: Captain James Cook was an English explorer in the 1700s who was in search of the “Southern Continent” which he didn’t believe really existed. He went on three big expeditions; the first was from 1768 to 1771, when he sailed from Plymouth, England to Brazil, around Cape Horn, Africa, and to Tahiti where he stayed for a while, then to New Zealand, Australia, and Java to prove they weren’t part of a larger southern continent. His second expedition took him to Antarctica and many of…

successful investment for European nations. The Virginia Company, one of the first companies to send settlers to North America, began growing the cash crop tobacco, generating trade revenue and increased demand to settle America. French explorers, like Jacque Cartier, established trade routes throughout Canada and into the Midwest, allowing for French fur traders to conduct trade with Indians and spread Christianity as well. Relocating to North America allowed for greater religious tolerance for…

During the 16th century, an explorer named Jacques Cartier travelled around the Chaleur Bay, and he met the Micmac people. In Canadian history, this period was called the contact period. However, did the meeting of Europeans benefit the First Nations? The meeting of the Aboriginal people taught Europeans how to survive in the new world. Consequently, the meeting of the Europeans and First Nations started fur trading, because hats that were produced from beaver pelts were extremely popular in…

By converting the natives, the Europeans opened up trade agreements as well as land reforms. Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, described his first contact with the indians, explained how as soon as the French had reached the New World called the natives “wild men,”(Document 2) and to remedy this, they attempted to press their religion, Catholicism…

explorer to try and find new riches, for the most part, he was the only one with any success. After realizing what treasures Spain had found, France and England had begun to send their own explorers over to the New World. In 1535 France sent Jacques Cartier on a voyage up the St. Lawrence River, and later in 1541, he returned to the region bringing a group of settlers. The English took a shot at finding some riches as well, and in 1576 Martin Frobisher set sail to try and find the Northwest…

In 1990 a group of Huron, or Wendat indigenous people, entered Jacques Cartier park, a national park, and cut down trees, and were taken to court. They were found innocent, even though, according to Canada National Parks Act, it is illegal to remove parts of the park. That includes the trees. The Huron said that an agreement signed in 1760 let them. They argued that because it was unique to aboriginal people, they were allowed to cut down those trees because it was one of their religious or…