Colonization Of Canada

The first occupants of Canadian territory were Native Americans, whose migrations date back about 15,000 years8 during the last glaciation that sea levels dropped and created a land bridge connecting Eurasia to America, enabling them to installer9. The first explorations of Europeans began in the late fifteenth century. On August 5, 1583, the British colony of Newfoundland is based, initiating the process of European colonization, and later, other British colonies will be established, particularly in the area of the Atlantic coast and in the Arctic while other European powers such as France, Spain and Russia will explore the rest of Canada. After various conflicts, Britain won and lost territories in the eighteenth century, culminating in what