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There were two main groups of the Natives, the Algonquins and the Iroquois.
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The Algonquin political system was a patriarchal society meaning the man is the head of the family. The man will direct and lead the group.
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They lived in tipi tents and they were nomadic. Because they were nomadic, they were moving around a lot therefore there were only about 15 to 20 people in each group.
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The Iroquois system was a matriarchal system meaning the family heirs and the power is passed from mother to daughter. The chief is a women and she chooses the one she thinks will be a good leader in defending their group.
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They inhabited the Quebec region and and they were living in long houses but every 10 to 15 years they moved so they were semi-nomadic. There were about 100 people in each group.
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Natives were trading between the different groups. They were trading their goods that the different gropus produced and collected.
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Jacques Cartier has the first contact with the Amerindians.
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Because f the arrival of the Europeans, the population of the Amerindians increased rapidly. This is because the Europeans killed them and because of new sicknesses that they were not immune to.
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Once the Europeans arrive in North America, they begin to trade with the Amerindians, trading their weapons for beaver pelts.
