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Period: Sep 1, 1500 to
Population
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Sep 2, 1500
First Occupants
The first occupants of the land of what is know known as North America are the Native people. These Native people were divided into two groups; the Algonquins and the Iroquois. The algonquins were known to be sedimentary where as the Iroquois were known to be nomadic. -
Sep 2, 1534
Jacques Cartier's Mission
Jacques Cartier was sent by the king of France to find another route to Asia because the normal route was blocked off by the hungarian nation. But he ended up in the St. Laurence River thinking it was Asia, until he spoke to the habitants of that region. In conclusion, after speaking to these habitants Jacques Cartier planted a french flag in the ground claiming land for the King without the permission of the population of these occupants. -
Sep 3, 1534
Cariter's First Exploration
Jacques Cartier's first exploration to the North American region, was basically him exploring and mapping the Gulf of St. Laurence, he reported that he thought he found gold but it wasnt clode to gold. It ended up being lots of fish, fur and timber. -
Sep 2, 1535
Cartier's Second Exploration
Jacques Cartier's second exploration was a very positive misson because he sailed up the St. Laurence River and stopped in Stadacona, Quebec qhere he met the Native people and the Native people tought the Europeans how to survive the winters and how to cure Scurvy. (which is a sickness,because of the lack of vitamin C) -
Sep 2, 1541
Cartier's Last Exploration
Jacques Cartier's last exploration was coming back down the St. Laurence River where he returned to the Quebecand tried to set up a colony and the missionaries attempted to convert the natives,which was an unsuccessful mission. Therefore, France lost interest of the land for the next 60 years. -
Champlain's Failure
Samuel de Champlain created the first permanent settlement in Nova Scotia. But after quite some time, in became an unsuccessful trading post because of its position far away from the main ports of the St. Laurence River. -
Champlains First Settlement
Champlain therefore returned to Stadacona, Quebec to establish the first trading post, to a better location because this new location was where the river narrows. This new trading post was later named New France. -
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French Regime
The french regime is basically the time span when the French from Europe came and took over the land of the first occupants. The main two explorers who were the first to take over land were Jacques Cartier and Samuel de Champlain. -
The Company of One Hundred Associates
the King of France mandated the Company of One Hundred Associates to populate the colony which at the time only had about one hundred European Habitants -
2nd Settlement
Champlain put Sieur de Laviolette in charge of finding a second settlement near the St. Maurice and St. Laurence River. He later called it the Settlement of Les Trois Rivieres. Its was a very advantageous Settlement location because it was at the intersection of three rivers where three diferent types of people can distribute their fur trade. And the Iroquois couldnt access that location. -
3rd Settlement
Paul Chomedy founded the third settlement, called the Ville-Marie close to the Iroquois village of Hochelaga. Even though the purpose of this settlement was to officially evangelize the Amerindiens, it soon became a major trading post becaus eit was located in the heart of the Amerindien territory. -
Increase in Population
After Jean Talon's mesures that he had put in to increase the population of New France. His mesures turned into a huge success. From 1663 to 1760 the population in creased from 3000 people to 70000 people. -
Filles de Roy
Jean Talon's mesures involved all of the non married women were to move to New France to marry another man to balance the proportion between men and women -
Birth Incentives
Birth Incentives are when the government sends money to a family that has a certain amount of babies. The amount of dollars that the government sent depended on the amount of childred someone had. This was also one of Jean Talon's mesures -
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British Regime
The British Regime is when after the British won the war against the French the Bitish Authorities needed to British population to go populate the land or else the French would just take it back. -
British Immigration
There are different phases of immigration during the British Remige:
- The Wealthy Buisiness men looking to take over.
- Granting Land to shipping and railroad companies.
- Propaganda to encourage Immigration. -
Immigration of Loyalists
Loyalists are English that are loyal to the British Colony so they immigrate to Quebec, North of the United States. The impact that the loyalists has on the demography of Quebec changed the English population from 1% to 10% -
Irish Immigration
The Irish came over to Quebec because of thewir Potato Famine, which is when all the potatoes (what the irish ate) were contaminated so therefore they had to move and they moved to Quebec. -
The British North America Act
This act created the Canadian federation, and this act entrusted the responsibility for Indian affairs to the federal Government -
Indian Act
The Federal Government adopted this act to make sure that the Indian reserves were remaining the property of the government. In other words the Federal Government want to keep their eye on the Indians. -
Ministry of Immigration
The ministry of immigration established intergration centres to integrate new immigrants into Quebec society and culture.
