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Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus' First Visit
This is when Christopher Columbus first came to North America on his fisrt voyage -
Jan 1, 1500
Indian Population decreases
This is when the Europians first came to where the natives lived bringing disease, therefore decreasing their population -
Jan 1, 1534
Jacques Cartier
Navigator; Cartier led 3 voyages of exploration to the St Lawrence region beginning in 1534. -
First Native Uprising
First Native uprising in an English colony -
Louis XIV strengthened New France
By making the colony a province of France and giving it a hierarchial administrative organization Louis XIV strengthened New France after 1663. He was able to extend its territory and watch over its settlement -
Peace instructions with Aboriginals
Royal instructions in 1716 not only required peaceful relations with the Aboriginal peoples in the interests of trade and missions but also forbade the French from clearing land and settling west of the Montréal region seigneuries. -
fall of New France
New France was in the seven year war until they fell back in 1759 -
First Treaty
when the first treaty with the Aboriginals occured -
The Dene Declaration
Fourth world "We the Dene are part of the Fourth World". Fourth World indigenous minorities define themselves as powerless, exploited and often colonized populations living within First, Second and Third World countries; that is, the industrialized, capitalist, democratic, socialist and communist, developing and emerging nation-states of the world.