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Period: Apr 22, 1500 to
Population n' Settlement
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Aug 29, 1500
First Occupants
-2 Groups (Algoquin and Iroquois)
-Algoquin were nomadic hunters
-Iroquois were semi-sedentary farmers -
Aug 29, 1534
Cartier's 1st voyage
-Mapped the Gulf of St. Laurence
-Wanted gold
-Found fish, lumber and furs -
Aug 29, 1535
Cartier's 2nd voyage
-Reached Stacadona
-They were taught survival skills by the natives -
Aug 29, 1541
Cartier's 3rd Voyage
-Tried to set up a colony but failed at doing so
-Missionnaries began to atempt to convert the Natives
-Gave up for 60 Years -
Champlain and Port Royal
-King sent a voyage to Nova Scotia
-Champlain was a part of it
-Port Royal was a failure -
New France
-Established a trading post
-Called it New France -
Arrival of Jean Talon
-His job was to get people to move to New France
-Fille de Roy
-Prisonners in France
-Payments were given to people who were married and had children
-The Population increased to 70 000 people in the year 1760 -
The British Regime
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British Immigration
-Arrival of British merchants
-Did not change the composition of the territory -
Proclamation of 1763
-Also known as The Treaty of Paris
-This was done because of their alliances and fur trade with the natives.
-Used to divide the area -
Immigration of Loyalist and Americans
-English population increased
-Settled using the Township system
-Settlements were given English names -
The imperial act
-Slaves would remain their property
-Slaves were domestic servants -
Mesures to encourage immigration
-Granting land to shipping and railroad companies
-Immigrations agents coming to the aid of immigrants -
Irish Immigration
-Due to the potato famine they immigrated to many places including Canada
-Immigrated to forest regions (Outaouais, Témiscamingue and Western Canada)
-Immigrated to the United States -
Beggining of the contemporary period
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Relation with the Natives
-Indian Act
-Aborigional claims --> Exploitation of natural ressources -
National Policy
-To populate the Canadian land
-Land grants to rail companies -
1st phase of the industrial revolution
-Factotries created finished products -
Emigration to the United States
-Lack of employment in the agricultural sector
-2nd Phase of the industrial revolution -
Diversification of the Population
-More immigrants came in to canada -
James Bay Agreement
-Recognition of treaty rights -
Oka Crisis
-Mohawk warriors established blocks on the borders of their reserves
-This was done because a golf course was made on their property -
The Brain Drain
-The smartest worker from other countries came to seek opurtunity
