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Period: Jan 1, 1492 to
Timespan
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Jan 1, 1500
Daily Life
The first nations hunted, fished and gathered. They lived in huts, tipis or other styles of houses. There were many different groups of aboriginals across north america. Many of the groups were very spiritual and believed in gods or higher powers. First Nations people relied on the animals on the land. -
Jan 1, 1500
Diseases from Europeans
When the Europeans came to North America they brought along a lot of things. Some of these things involved diseases, the disease did not effect the Europeans. Since the First Nations had never seen these these diseases, there bodies were not ready. The disease brought the First Nation population down by a lot. This came back to the europeans because disease from north america also ran wild in Europe. -
Jan 1, 1500
Europeans Effect on First Nations Daily Life
Along with diseases, the Europeans also brought things that changed the daily life of the First Nations. One of the first things were horses. The Europeans brought horses and they quickly spread across North America;working their way into First Nations lives. Some other things that the Europeans brought included guns that helped with the war aspect but also made things more brutal. -
Jan 1, 1500
Settlement of North America
People believe that the First Nations originally came from Asia on a land bridge that is now covered in water due to climate change and the changes in earth. Christopher Columbus discovered North America in 1492 and Canada was later discovered in 1497. Spain, Britain and France then sent people to colonize North America. -
Jan 1, 1550
Imperialism
Imperialism is agressive empire building. This means that the home country tries to colonize other lands in hopes of expanding their empire. This also helps them gain more power and wealth. -
Jan 1, 1550
Colonialism
Colonialism is when stronger countries take over smaller countries. They can benefit from these countries economy. This also wrecks the smaller countries. The home country typically will put in harsh taxes so they can have maximum benefit. -
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel was a sailor and also a soldier so he wanted to use his skills to make money. The king gave him a monopoly in the fur trade. The French businesses were not allowed to trade with the First Nations. -
Port Royal
Port Royal was formed by Champlain, de Monts and around 60 other colonists. Port Royal is where Nova Scotia is today. They planted many crops and built buildings. This establishment would later fail, because they were not used to this weather. They also failed because they couldn't get furs. -
Quebec
Samuel de Champlain then established Quebec that was at the meeting of two rivers on towering cliffs. Champlain made a deal with the Algonquin and the Innu so they could have strong fur trade to help survive. Champlain and France had the arquebus which helped in battles. These battles were fought with the Algonquin against many other groups. -
Charles I
Charles I was originally a leader in other countries. He then was the leader in England. He can be credited for starting the English Revolution because he was such a unfair and bad King. -
Treason By Charles I
King Charles I was put on trial. He was put on trial for treason. Treason means overthrowing the king so this is kind of odd because he is the king. He was later executed for his crimes. -
Cromwell Becomes Lord Protector
Oliver and his soldiers physically removed the rump parliamnets members. He was named Lord Protector by senior army officers. Oliver brought in a military dictatorship. He instituted the blue laws that got rid of gambling, dancing, etc.He later died in 1658 and was replaced by his son. -
The Restoration
The house of lords and monarchy began to be restored by the parliament. Charles II was invited to be king. He accepts and panned to regain the power that his father had lost. Charles II trie to persuade the parliament with bribery, blackmail, etc. He brought in religious freedom for catholics. -
Palace of Versailles
The Extravagent Sun King created this large palace. This palace brought France to the edge of bankruptcy. King Louis forced nobles to live in the palce with him. He also made them take ballet lessons because of his love for ballet. The king was also involved in many expensive wars that put France even closer to bankruptcy. -
Glorius Revolution
James II has a son that is the Catholic heir.Protestant daughter Mary and William of Orange are invited to be King and Queen and they accept. James and his followers leave the country. England becomes the first parliament to be a monarchy. Mary and William then wanted to show that the parliament runned the country. To do this they signed a bill of rights. -
Stamp Act & Sugar Act
Sugar Act- A tax on sugar and all of it's products. Many Merchants stopped buying british goods.
Stamp Act-Stamp that you had to buy and put on all items that you buy or sell.People were tarred and feathered if they broke this law. The law was repealed in 1766.
These two taxes enraged the American citizens. -
Louis XVI Marries Marie Antoinette
After the Extravagent Sun Kings reign ended, Louis XVI married the princess of Austria. Marie had no education, although she liked being involved in government. The people did not like Marie. Marie was involved in many scandals and was acused for being unfaithful to the king. She was later executed for her crimes. -
Boston Massacre
Due to the taxes that were coming onto the Americans, the resistance in America grew. The British posted troops throughout all 13 colonies. During a protest some nervous soldiers mistook orders and shot into a crowd, killing people. This event was used against the British as propaganda. -
Boston Tea Party
The tea tax, that was not repealed had continued to hurt the Americans so one night 116 people went onto British ships and threw a lot of moneys worth of tea overboard. These people were dressed up as the mohawk first nations group.Some of the men were part of a paramilitary group called the "Sons of Liberty". This was to protest the tea tax and it was a main event leading up to the revolution. -
Revolutionary War and Attack on Quebec
Revolutionary War-Colonial leaders includng George Washington helped put together a revolutionary army. Quebec,Nova Scotia and Newfoundland would not join the revolution so the Americans tried to seize Quebec, but they failed. Once again in the winter the Americans tried and failed to seize Quebec. This failed attack kept the Canadians loyal to Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
The Continental Congress met during the war. They had decided that Independece was the only option so they wrote a statement. This declaration stated the principles of democracy and freedom. This declaration was good but it did not end the war, as it went on for another 7 years. -
Fall of Bastille
The price of bread enraged the citizens so they began rioting. They attacked the prisons of Paris and released political prisoners. The mob the attacked the "Bastille" . They released all of the prisoners, and cut the govener's head off. The citizens formed the "National Guard". The "National Guard" was lead by Marquis de Lafayette. -
National Assembly
The National Assembly met in the Palace of Versaille. Serfdom that was active in France was abolished by the National Assembly. They did this by getting rid of all feudal rights and priveleges. The people were happy about this but they thought the government needed to start to deal with the food crisis in Paris. -
Women's March
Crowds of Parisian women marched to the Palace of Versailles to meet the king. During the 50km walk many people joined them. The National guard follwed the women from a distance. The women and National Guard attacked the palace. This forced the King and Queen back to Paris. -
Reign of Terror
Once Danton and Robespierre took control of France the Reign of Terror began. Anyone who was considered a threat to the two were executed. They passed laws to intimidate and eliminate anyone who was against the radicals. Danton was eventually executed because he waas lenient to the enemies of the revolution.
