The Norse explorer Leif Eriksson may have reached the shores of Canada in 1000‚ but the actual history of the white man in the country actually began in 1497. This was when “John Cabot‚ an Italian in the service of Henry VII of England‚ reached Newfoundland or Nova Scotia. Canada was taken for France in 1534 by Jacques Cartier. France’s colonization efforts were not very successful‚ but French explorers by the end of the 17th century had gone beyond the Great Lakes and south along the Mississippi
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Terms and Essays: 1. Traditional paradigm- transplant of English institutions or English culture into North America 2. Atlantic System paradigm- the creation of the Atlantic Ocean as a system or network of exchange after the voyages of Columbus 3. Christopher Columbus- an Italian explorer and navigator from Genoa‚ who asked King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella for a grant to find India and its treasures. He landed in modern-day Bahamas and claimed he “discovered” America 4. 1492 Edict of
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forth‚ and the government grows‚ new areas have emerged to be governed. When a conflict between these two levels of government arise‚ the power is automatically given to the federal government under the constitution. When Canada came together in Confederation in 1867‚ many of it’s makers‚ including the first Prime Minister Sir. John A. Macdonald envisioned a strong federal government and a weaker provincial one. However‚ throughout Canadian history Canada has increasingly had stronger provincial governments
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John A. Macdonald started the confederation. The Dominion of Canada first became introduced four provinces on July 1st 1867 (H60). These four provinces were Ontario‚ Quebec‚ New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Secondly‚ a small piece of Manitoba today had formed in 1870. Manitoba becomes Canada’s 5th province. During 1871 Canada had grown. It had obtained The North West Territories which took a large portion of Manitoba today; Nunavut. British Colombia joined the confederation making it Canada’s 1st territory
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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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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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American politicians met in Charlottetown‚ Prince Edward Island to discuss the possibility of a union. (Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada) In September 1864‚ the Atlantic provinces - Nova Scotia‚ Prince Edward Island‚ New Brunswick and Newfoundland - organized a conference to discuss a union among themselves. Governor General Monck asked that the province of Canada be invited to their talks‚ "to ascertain whether the proposed Union might not be made to embrace the whole of British North American
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Quebec‚ The Province‚ The People‚ The History Quebec is a province in eastern Canada‚ bordered on the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; on the east by Labrador (Which is a part of Newfoundland)‚ the Strait of Belle Isle‚ and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence; on the south by New Brunswick‚ Maine‚ New Hampshire‚ Vermont‚ New York‚ and Ontario; and on the west by Ontario‚ James Bay‚ and Hudson Bay. The name Quebec is derived from an Algonquian term for "place where the river narrows‚" referring
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2. Atlantic fisheries 4 3. Mercantilism and Corporatism 4 4. Fur trade 4-5 5. Timber 5-7 6. Upper Canada 8 7. Capitalism and Finance 8 8. Canals 9 9. Railways 9-11 10. Confederation 11-12 11. The National Policy 12 12. Post-Confederation slump 12-13 13. Boom years 13 a. Ontario 13-14 b. Prairies 14-15 14. The First World War and the Roaring ’20s 15 15. The Great Depression 15 16. The Second World War and the boom
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