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Population and Settlement

  • Algonquins and Iroquois
    Aug 29, 1500

    Algonquins and Iroquois

    -Algonquins lived in the north opposite to the Iroquois who lived in the south.
    -Algonquins followed the animals and were nomade while the Iroquios were semi-sendentary and moved after 10 years when the soil was no longer fertile.
    -The Algonquins lived in tents and the Iroquiens lived in long houses
  • Period: Aug 29, 1500 to

    Population and Settlement

  • Jaques Cartier Voyage
    Sep 2, 1534

    Jaques Cartier Voyage

    -Went on a voyage to find a new route to Asia, Gold and riches and land for the King but accidentaly he discoved North America
    -Automin Turks blocked the route to Asia by land
  • Port Royal

    Port Royal

    -First trading post
    -Failed because of geographycal position
    -Natives didn't want to travel to Nova-Scotia
    -First attempt at a colonie
  • Start of New France

    Start of New France

    Samuel Champlain returned to create a trading post and created Stadacona. (Where the river narrows)
  • Company of One Hundread Assosiates

    Company of One Hundread Assosiates

    Project created to populate the colony, it aracted hundreads of people but was not close to the goal they were trying to achieve.
  • Seigneurial regime

    Seigneurial regime

    The seigneur were people who owned rectangle plots of land and paid and sold some to the censitaires (peasants) to cultivate. They were high the the chart, close to royalty.
  • Jean Talon

    Jean Talon

    Jean Talon was ordered to populate the new settlement. He created insentives to keep people and invited the filees de roy to help populate in the settlement
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris

    This treaty ended the war of seven years between Great Britain and France.
  • Royal Proclamation

    Royal Proclamation

    Created to improve the relations with the natives by giving them a bigger part of land from the french
  • The Declaration of Independance

    The Declaration of Independance

    The French had alot of priviliges and land over the thirteen colonies which angered them. They therefore became independant so they were no longer a part of the British.
  • Loyalists Immgration

    Loyalists Immgration

    36 000 loyalists came to Canada and 6 000 loyalists came to QC. This group of people were the population that always stayed loyal to Britain
  • Imperial Act

    Imperial Act

    The act to try to abolish slavery. Simcoe knew it was wrong by the laws of Christianity.
  • Third wave of immigration

    Third wave of immigration

    Irish immigrated to Canada becasue of big potato famine. They were hated by the french because they would work for less and take the jobs of the french
  • Emigration to the United States and the West

    Emigration to the United States and the West

    People started moving out of the city because they were losing there jobs to the irish who worked for less.
  • Start of Contemporary Period

    Start of Contemporary Period

    This period Includes policies to promote immigration and increase of the urban population
  • Indian Act

    Indian Act

    The written laws for the Natives Therefore the rules on how indian groups can act.
  • National Policy

    National Policy

    Try to populate the west and create rails to transport in fear of loosing land in an American invasion
  • James Bay Agreement

    James Bay Agreement

    Natives made agreement to create a hydroelectric dam (biggest in Canada)
  • Oka Crisis

    Oka Crisis

    The goverment wanted to create a golf course on the land of the Natives, (Oka) but the Mowaks had created a road block. They had gotten the soldiers involved. It lasted 78 days.
  • Brain Drain

    Brain Drain

    Most of the smartest people from 3rd world countries emigrate to countries like Canada, for better pay or better living styles