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    the deaf. So with all these similar characteristics‚ how do you choose? Well first of all‚ Golden Retrievers originated from Scotland and were bred to retrieve ducks and birds during hunting parties. On the other hand‚ Labradors originated from Newfoundland and were bred to help fishermen

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    Eastern Front: which included the countries of Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ and Russia and the Western Front included the countries of France‚ Belgium‚ Great Britain‚ and the Dominion Forces of the British Empire(Australia‚ Canada‚ India‚ New Zealand‚ Newfoundland‚ and South Africa) they developed into a French Warfare. The Plan had failed because there was never enough German troops to achieve the encirclement of Paris‚ not saying there were not enough troops but that for so many casualties they could not

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    Study Guide Cook             Apprenticeship and Certification    Study Guide    Cook  (Based on 2008 NOA)                      Government of Newfoundland and Labrador  Department of Education  Institutional and Industrial Education Division      2010  Table of Contents      Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 3  Exam Process ....................................

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    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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    the Vikings reached the New World about A.D. 1000. And there is good circumstantial evidence‚ though no documentation‚ to suggest that both Portuguese and English fishing vessels made the crossing during the 14th century; they probably landed in Newfoundland and Labrador. Columbus‚ though he sailed a

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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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