volume 14 (pg.441)‚ Christopher Columbus and most of his contemporaries believed he was the first discoverer of the new continent‚ but they were all wrong. It has been proven that the Scandinavian Leif Eriksson breifly colonized what is now called NewFoundland in A.D. 1011. Interestingly enough‚ the world renowned historian David Beers Quinn‚ suggests that Englishmen arrived in 1481‚ a few years before Colombus. Not only was Colombus not the first to discover the new world‚ he did not even land on the
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c- claimed eastern canada for france missionaries & traders a-fur traders b-operated in area & down mississippi river to gulf of mexico 1608- 1st permanent french settlement at quebec english colonies a. john cabot/ english claimed newfoundland -1497 b england established
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SS 10: Advantages and Disadvantages of Confederation (revised Cullen 2010) The Confederation Debate raged for many years in Canada. Some people called pro- Confederationists were convinced that a union of all the British North American colonies into one nation was the only sensible long-term plan. Anti-confederationists felt that remaining a British colony was a better approach‚ while a small group of annexationists wanted to become part of the United States. There were many pros and cons to
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island. The population is about 141‚000 people. The capital city of P.E.I. is Charlottetown. The largest city is Charlottetown with about 32‚000 people. PEI is also known as the maritimes. This province is bordered by a little bit of Quebec and Newfoundland on the North‚ Nova Scotia on the East and South and New Brunswick on the West. The climate in P.E.I. is mostly warm and wet in the summer and cold and stormy in the winter. Land forms P.E.I. has many different land forms including the North
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I of France in 1532 to explore the “New World”‚ and set out with two ships in 1535 in search of a “land where quantities of gold and other precious things are to be found” (“Jacques Cartier”‚ Gale). Cartier was a skilled navigator‚ and reached Newfoundland‚ Canada in 20 days. Being unfamiliar with the new waters‚ he kidnapped two native children‚ and used them to help him navigate. Though the Vikings and European fishermen had ventured to Canada before him‚ he was given credit for “discovering” Canada
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The American Revolution impacted the change of the new country. People who came to the Newfoundland knew nothing better but to follow the British control. At first the colonists believed that the British were helping them‚ and they were pretty content with their lives. But soon after the British started raising taxes to help pay of their debts and the Americans realized that they don’t like how the British are controlling them. The fight for independence changed the lives of Americans. Women
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communication The Ten Articles: Key Points 1. Acknowledgement that the US is a free‚ sovereign and independent nation 2. Establish boundaries between US and British North America 3. Granted fishing rights to US in Grand Banks‚ coast of Newfoundland and in Gulf of Saint Lawrence 4. Debts have to be paid on both sides 5. Recognize loyalists and give back land 6. Prevent future confiscations of loyalist land 7. Prisoners of war be released 8. Both given perpetual access to
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Here comes trouble. 1. If you want to see a grown man cry‚ make him watch ’Marley and Me’. It is based on a true story‚ a best-selling memoir by John Grogan. The whole movie is hilarious but the ending will bring even your grumpy‚ old uncle to tears. 2. It was years ago when I watched ’Marley and Me’ for the first time‚ my brother downloaded it and because I couldn’t see a cover I was truly convinced that it is a film about reggae troubadour Bob‚ which I’m a big fan of. Turned out that it is
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the surrounding plants and animals (58‚ Wyndham). The early descriptions of this post-apocalyptic world could be interpreted as John Wyndham’s warning to the world of the dangers of a nuclear war. This would also explain why smaller islands like Labrador and New Zealand would remain not as affected. This also makes sense because of the blackened landscapes‚ and uninhabitable land that is described. CLIMATE CHANGE OR DISASTER While it makes the most sense in the book that the catastrophe was a result
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The different genetic variation between plants and animals Aim: to see the similarities between the different breed in a species Genetic variation is what allows natural section and more importantly new alleles (a number of alternate forms of the genetic pool) to enter the population. By having different genetic combinations‚ those of a population reveal different traits which may or may not be to their benefit‚ in respects to their social and environmental interactions or surroundings. Because
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