cuisine is usually referred to as country food. The work Cajun originates form les Acadians‚ which was used to describe the French colonist who settled in the Acadia region of Canada. Which is present day New Brunswick‚ Price Edward Island and Nova Scotia. They were forced out of Canada and settled in Louisiana in the swamp region. Actually settle in four different regions which each had different resources and influences on the food. Even though many Acadian today have German‚ French‚ Native American
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The 19th century was a huge step in the history of Canada. They decided that it shouldn’t be divided in east and west but combined to be a country. In 1864 they had their first conference in Charlottetown with Ontario‚ Québec and the Maritimes. They also had another that same year in Québec. In Québec‚ even Newfoundland and Labrador was invited. In 1866 all the colonies go to London (England) for permission to unite. Aubiosly London accepte since this was their plan since the beginning. To unite
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THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION 1791–1804 Cory Moxam And Navin Purushuttam The Haitian Revolution is‚ perhaps‚ one of the most successful slave rebellions that ever occurred. It was a defining moment in the history of Europe as well as the Americas. There are many factors that led to this successful rebellion; we will focus on the percentage of slave population‚ the French revolution and Toussaint. Prior to the Haitian Revolution and its independence‚ Haiti was a French organization known as St
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The Book of Negroes Book review Lawrence Hill is a Canadian novelist and memoirist. He is best known for the 2001 memoir Black Berry‚ Sweet Juice: On Being Black and White in Canada and then in 2007 his latest and most famous award winning novel The Book of Negroes. The amazing description of the whole story causes one to see the desolate conditions of the slave boats and feel the pain of every person brought into slavery
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formation of a new country‚ loyal to them‚ as their way out. The problem for them was they had little or no presence in the area west of the great lakes except for the the coast of what is now BC. "Victoria & Westminster" The mealtimes "PEI Nova Scotia & New Brunswick " were an economic disaster having lost their secure market in England‚ Upper Canada. "Ontario" was land locked in many respects and France had lost their interest in the new world. They lost Lower Canada at the battle of
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The topic that I have found the most intriguing in the sport of hockey is the increased speed of the game through the decades. The movement speed‚ puck speed and decision making has all increased since the game first began‚ this is resulting in a much higher risk of head injuries. The players in the game today are very susceptible to concussions‚ as many superstars of hockey world have been affected by head injuries which have resulted in many early retirements or a lot of time spent off the ice
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notion that everyone is naïve‚ when in reality‚ even seven-year-old Scout knows that Dill is not credible: “Dill Harris could tell the biggest ones I ever heard. Among other things‚ he had been up on a mail plane seventeen times‚ he had been to Nova Scotia‚ he had seen an elephant‚ and his granddaddy was Brigadier General Joe Wheeler and left him his sword” (p63). He is so self-confident that he can just make up lies like they’re the truth; after all‚ he is only a boy. Furthermore‚ Dill concocts these
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The French and Indian war had a great impact on British Empire. The most profound impact was the expansion of British territory claims in America. However the war put financial strain on Britain with increased war debts. To offset these costs‚ King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763‚ which prohibited westward expansion due to the cost of protecting the colonies from Native Americans‚ and a series of increased taxation acts. (Cider Act‚ Stamp Acts‚ Sugar Act‚ Townshend Act‚ etc.) These
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The Atchafalaya “This nation has a large and powerful adversary. Our opponent could cause the United States to lose nearly all her seaborne commerce‚ to lose her standing as first among trading nations… We are fighting Mother Nature…It’s a battle we have to fight day by day‚ year by year‚ the health of our economy depends on victory (Mcphee‚ 1987).”The narrator of the film said this about the Atchafalaya navigational lock and the complex of associated structures built in an effort to stop the capture
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between the daughter and the mother‚ and they demonstrated their traits through their actions when under external and internal conflicts. First‚ the protagonist from both stories faces external conflict with family “The Leaving” was taken place in Nova Scotia in the 1960s. At that time‚ female members of the family often get discriminated‚ they have to cook all the food‚ do all the chores in the family. This was shown when both Elizabeth and Sylvie got back from Halifax‚ the father ordered Elizabeth
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