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Jan 1, 1500
humans come to the americas
an ice age that caused the water between Russia and Alaska to freeze over. Some of the first people then travelled over to the Americas from Russia and over time spread across the land. -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
population
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Sep 24, 1534
Jacques Cartier's 3 voyages
His goals were to find a new route to Asia, find precious metals and minerals and to Claim new land for the King of France. -
Sep 24, 1541
First attempt at a colony
a unsecsesful trade route with the natives was attempted -
Port royal is created
Samuel de Champlain was part of the project but it failed because of its geographical position. -
samuel champlain travels to North america to establish a trading post
The goal of quebec is to make easier fur trades with the Amerindians. -
first battle between french and natives
The Iroquois are defeated by the French -
seigneurial system begins
The King gives land to rich french, they then have to develop the land by giving it to peasants and collecting taxes from them. -
the company of one hundred associates tries to populates the colony
brought few colonists to New France.
mainly men. -
trois riviere is founded
The second permanent settlement is where three rivers connect. -
Ville-marie (montreal) is founded
The main purpose of this settlement was to evangelize the Amerindians, but ended up as a major trading post for furs -
jean talon comes to new france
The king gave him the task of populating the colony, He brought in people in prisons that committed petty crimes, orphan girls from France who were quickly married off (Filles du Roy). implemented birth incentives to people based on the number of kids they had and taxed them if they did not marry by a certain age. -
Soldiers settle in new france
1200 soldiers were sent by the King to contain the Iroquois at this time and after the three years they calmed the Iroquois and were offered money and land to stay. Approximately 600 soldiers stayed. -
slavery is legalized in new france
Intendant Raudot legalizes slavery in New France, -
French canadians start to immigrate to america
The exodus of the French-Canadians to the United States was because of the harvests were damaged or destroyed by disease or bad weather. -
Slavery is abolished.
slavery is abolished in canada -
Canadian federation is created
The federation is born this year, led by John A. Macdonald. -
Canada begins welcoming immigrants
Canada welcomes 4 600 000 immigrants over the next 30 years. -
federal government stops discriminating certain immigrants
start taking in immigrants based on their education and training for the job market. -
Quebec ministry of immigration is created
Integrations centers arfe established to integrate new immigrants. -
canada and quebec agree to share immigration responsibilities
Quebec and Canada share the responsibilities but in addition Quebec adds a new criteria. immigrants were selected based on how they could adapt to a francophone society.
