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Jan 1, 1492
First contact
-Exposed the First Nations to desieses that the Europeans posessed.
-Improved the quality of life of the First Nations by providing them with new technologies.
- Began the battle that would last for centuries -
Jan 1, 1500
Beggining of the fur trade
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Fur Trade
-Fueled the trend for the beaver fur hat
-Allowed British to explore and map the interior of Canada -
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Early Settlers
-Established connections with the First Nations
- Discovered many natural resources
-Began the cycle that would lead many animals to extinction -
Early european settlers begin to arrive
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Creation of the Hudson's Bay Company
- Allowed British to set up more trading posts
- Gave British an advantage over France
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British controlled a monopoly on fur exported from Canada
- British economy grew drastically since they were the only ones exporting beaver pelts -The hudsons bay company is a legacy left behind by the British in the past
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Expuslion of Acadians
- Shows the Europeran dominance over the Natives and people that oppose European rule
- left the French-Canadian/Acadian culture around the world especially in New Orleans, Louisiana, and many other states in the USA
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Period: to
Seven Years War
-Due to the wars bieng fought between the British and the French, battles erupted in canada too, and many First Nations groups got involved in the wars -
Formation of the North West Company
- Established competition for the furs that First Nations traded
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Destruction of the Beothuk
- Instilled fear in other First Nations groups that were thinking of turning against the british -Resulted in the loss of a culture that is still grieved over today
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Indian Act was Enacted
- Gave britan power over the First Nations
- began the assimilation of First Nations into European culture
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Period: to
Numbered treaties were created
- Allowed British to control the actions of the First Nations communities
- Allowed First nations to secure their futures from certain doom
