Population and Settlement

By sam.schmits
  • Period: Apr 30, 1500 to

    Population and Settlement

  • Aug 29, 1500

    The Iroquois and Algonquoins

    -The Iroquois lived down South, the Algonquins lived up North.
    -The Iroquois lived in long houses and the Algonquins lived in tipis.
    -The Iroquois are sedintary and the Algonquins are nomad.
    -The Iroquois farmed and the Algonquind hunted.
  • Aug 29, 1534

    Jaques Cartier

    -In 1534 Cartier sailed on his first voyage.
    -He was told to find a new route to aisa, bring back riches and claim land for the king of france.
  • Aug 29, 1574

    Samuel de Champlain

    -Born 1574
    -Died 1635

  • Port Royal

    -It was made to ba a trading post but it later failed because the Natives wouldn't travel that far to trade.
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    French Regime

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    Immigrations

    1- Europeans
    2- British
    3- Irish
    (Irish came because their potatoes were filled with disease)

  • Quebec

    -Quebec was the first settlement in N-F.
    -It was placed where the river narrowed and was a great trading post.

  • Jean Talon

    Jean talon was told by the king of france to increase the population of N-f and this is what he did:
    -He offered free land to soldiers who stayed in N-F after they had finished their service
    -He then brought "les filles dus roi" to N-F
    -He gave payments to couples who married young
    -He fined fathers of unmarried girls.
    -He fined bachelors over 21
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    British Regime

  • Immigration Policies

    -1763, British immigration begins, wealthy business men looking to take over.
    -1791, Measures to incurage immigration.
    -1812, laws discuraging American immigration in upper Canada.
    -1840, Colonial land and emigration commission and permanent immigration office in london.
    -Propoganda to incurage immigration.

  • Slavery

    -In 1767 a cencus in Nova Scotia showed that there were 104 black slaves living in british regions of Canada
    -In 1843 slavery was abolished by the British Parliament's Slavery Abolishment Act.

  • British Immigration

    After the Revolutionary war in America the loyalists came up to Canada. Some of the loyalist came to quebec and the English population went from 1% to 10%

  • Irish Immigration

    -A lot of people immigrated to canada from ireland because of the potato famine
    -Many of them got sick on the boat so they were quarantined on Grosse-ile

  • Different Immigration Policies

    -National Policy 1878, Land grants and Railroads to promite Immigration.
    -Discriminatory immigration policies until the end of WW2. Since 1945, more divercity.
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    Contemporary Period