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Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Early Canada
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Mar 6, 1000
Leif Ericson
Viking Leif Ericson sailed across the atlantic ocean from greenland and explored the east coast of what now is canada -
Mar 9, 1497
John Cabot
Giovanni Caboto or John Cabot was told by the english king to find a western trade route to asia, instead he found a "new found land". The waters full of fish. -
Mar 11, 1497
jacques cartier and the gulf of st laurence
jacques cartier found the gulf of st laurence claiming the land for the french, he named the land kanata meaning village or community -
NewFoundLand
Sir Humphrey Gilbert claimed the Newfoundland island for the british in 1583. -
the fur trade in acadia
in the sixteen huondreds the fur trade in acadia was flourishing on the eastcoast at the tadoussac on the lower st.lawrence -
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain finally succeeded. Champlain made his first voyage to New France in 1603. Then in 1604, he accompanied Pierre Du Gua de Monts and about 80 settlers to establish a settlement in Acadia. They settled at Port Royal in Acadia on the Bay of Fundy. -
Port Royal was abandoned
4 years since Samuel de Champlain gided 80 settelers to the Bay of Fundy, Port Royal was abandoned when de Monts lost his trade monopoly. Other French traders soon took over the site in 1607. -
the french spread christianity
quebeces settelment grew slowely. but 1635, it had fewer 200 inhabitants. the french saw the colony as an opportunity to spread christiany to the first nations peoples -
haudenosaunee begain attacking the wendat
in 1648 haudenosaunee begain attacking the wendat. they destroyed villages and killed wendat and jesuits living in missions on their land -
french settelers lived in new france
by 1672 more than 6000 french settlers lived in new france. king louis did not consiter the first nations claims to the land -
the war of king william
between 1689 and 1697, the rivalry between the british broke into open warfair. the war of grand allience broke out in europe. in north america, it was king williams war.the french and their first nation allies, and the british and their allies of haudenosaunee, made raids into veachothers territory in north america. these battles took place in the lands between new france and the british collonies and new england -
Queen Anne's War
In 1701, the War of the Spanish Succession erupted in Europe. Called Queen Anne's War in the colonies, it started in 1702 and dragged on for 11 years. France finally reached a compromise with Great Britain in 1713 and Austria in 1714. -
King George's War
The next 30 years were relatively peaceful. Then in 1744, North America was dragged into the War of the Austrian Succession. This war was called King George's War in North America. When it ended in 1748, Île Royale (Cape Breton), which had been captured by the British, was returned to the French. -
deporting acadians
france and great britin had still not settled their rivalry for supremecy in north america. with a theat of another war looming in 1755, the british deported the acadians from nova scotia -
alexander makenzie
In 1789, Nor'Wester Alexander Mackenzie followed to the Arctic the river that now bears his name. -
hudsons bay company
alexander makenzie was the first person known to travel right across the continent north of Mexico. Mackenzie, Simon Fraser, and David Thompson explored much of the western half of British North America in the service of the North West Company. The Hudson's Bay Company also began an aggressive westward advance. There was fierce competition between the two fur companies until 1821, when they merged under the Hudson's Bay Company name.