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Jul 1, 1535
canada was discovered
Jacques Cartier discovered Newfoundland by sailing the up the ST, lawrence -
The fur trade
The French and the First Nations traded the French got pelts and transported it using Canoes. The canoes could fit 200 men. Then set up small companies, these companies where required to get 4000 settlers to New France and make First Nation turn catholic. -
The French start gaining ground
The new French where outnumbered by the first nations, but many things factored such as villages the French built, and the French had superior weapons. -
The seven year war
A war between France and Britain, this year lasted 7 years. It was the first true global war. The British took over New France and Cape breton and Florida -
British trade with China
The British where apart of the pacific maritime fur trade. Which ment they traded with China using resrouces from Canada IE fox pelts, and fish -
The numbers grow
In the 1800s immegration had risin too 750000 people have cam to live in Canada because machines where taking people jobs