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Inuit
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of t"e 'irst Nation tri&es (till live in Canada today Canada)s government gave t"e *nuit t"e Nunavut +erritory in nort"east Canada,
e-plorers to settle Canada .ere Norse invaders from t"e (/andinavian Peninsula *n 1000, t"ey &uilt a to.n on t"e nort"east /oast of Canada 0 esta&lis"ed a trading relations"ip .it" t"e *nuit
Europeans
A Viking Ship
*talian e-plorer ohn Ca!ot, sailed to Canada)s east /oast Ca&ot /laimed an area of land for England 6"is sponsor7 0 named it Newfoundland
ohn Ca!ot
New Fran"e
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a"(ues Cartier sailed up t"e (t, !a.ren/e $iver, Claimed t"e land for 'ran/e,
Samuel de Champlain
fur traders .ere #oined &y 'ren/" farmers, mer/"ants, and missionaries from t"e Cat"oli/ C"ur/" roug"t .it" t"em 'ren/" la.s, traditions, 0 religion
'ran/e .ouldn)t let anyone move to Ne. 'ran/e ."o .as not Cat"oli/
!ed to t"e Fren"h and Indian -ar ."ere 8reat ritain foug"t for /ontrol of Canadian territory 0 t"e fur trade and /on9uered :ue&e/, 8reat ritain and *ro9uois *ndians versus 'ran/e and ;uron *ndians,
ritis" /ontrol of all lands east of t"e <ississippi $iver, e-/ept for 2 islands off of Ne.foundland ritis" for/ed Nova (/otia)s 'ren/"=spea%ing people to leave
Nova (/otia)s 'ren/" .ent to anot"er 'ren/" /olony, !ouisiana>des/endants of t"ese people are t"e Ca#uns
*ue!e" A"t11#..&
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ritis" allo.ed t"e 'ren/" to stay in :ue&e/, &ut /ontinued to /ontrol t"e region +"e :ue&e/ A/t guaranteed t"e 'ren/" t"e rig"t to maintain t"eir /ulture 6language, religion, traditions7
2i3ision of Canada
<ost
Englis" spea%ing /itizens lived in ?pper Canada 6Ontario7 <ost 'ren/" spea%ing /itizens lived in !o.er Canada 6:ue&e/7
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-ar of #4#5
+"e 'ren/" and t"e ritis" .or%ed toget"er against t"e ?( ."o tried to invade Canada +"e .ar defined t"e ?(=Canadian &order 0 in/reased a sense of Canadian nationalism
ot" 'ren/" Canadians 0 Englis" Canadians #oined to prote/t t"eir land>t"ey .ere more united t"an ever &efore
-ar of #4#5
/ro3in"e of Canada
$esult of t"e in9uiry, ritain dis/overed an e/onomi/ need to unify t"e 2 Canadian provin/es #4&#>?pper 0 !o.er Canada .ere united, esta&lis"ing t"e /ro3in"e of Canada
#440' Trans"ontinental 6ailroad .as &uilt 0 people /ould no. easily travel from t"e Atlanti/ O/ean to Pa/ifi/ O/ean
E7panding Canada
B"en Canada &e/ame a /onfederation in 1CD5, t"ere .ere only 3 provin/es !eaders desired to e-pand t"e ne. /ountry from t"e Atlanti/ to t"e Pa/ifi/
oug"t land from t"e ;udson)s ay Company +"oug"t t"e pur/"ase .ould &e a simple pro/ess, &ut pro&lems o//urred .it" t"e native peoples
E7panding Canada
Eventually t"e 'irst Nations 6*nuit7 agreed to relo/ate to reservations 6no. Nunavut7
(oon, E ne. provin/es 0 1 territory .ere /reated: <anito&a, ritis" Colum&ia, Prin/e Ed.ard *sland, and t"e Nort".est +erritories
Canada
1886
&efore t"e railroad, most people only t"oug"t of t"emselves as &elonging to t"eir provin/eF after t"ey felt as if t"ey .ere part of one /ountry
Trans"ontinental 6ailroad
8ukon
8O!@ .as dis/overed along t"e .estern /oast of Canada in 1C4D #494' Canada)s government /reated 8ukon Territory to meet t"e needs of t"e area)s gro.ing population
+"is land .as originally part of Nort".est +erritories, &ut &y early 1400s, many people .anted t"is to /"ange $eason 1: e/onomy "ad s"ifted from fur trade to farming, mining, logging 0 rail.ay $eason 2: population gre. 9ui/%ly &e/ause of t"e ne. industries $eason E: area /ould not afford everyt"ing people needed 6s/"ools7
y forming ne. provin/es, t"ey /ould /olle/t ta-es to pay for t"ese t"ings,
#9&9' Newfoundland
Canada promised to "elp t"em &y &uilding many t"ings su/" as railroads 0 roads ritain didn)t .ant t"e /ost of supporting Ne.foundland anymore,
Nuna3ut