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Sep 1, 1500
Ice Bridge
During the ice age the ocean between Asia and North America froze allowing 200 people to cross and come to North America. -
Period: Sep 1, 1500 to
Population
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Sep 1, 1534
Jaque Cartier First voyage
Jacques Cartier had three goals on his first viyage
-Finding a route to Asia
-Bring back gold and Riches
-Claim land for the king
He did not succeed but he found New France and started to Map out the territory and he found what he thought was gold but was really fish. -
Oct 1, 1535
Jacques Cartier's second voyage
He got all the way to Quebec. He got help from Amerindans to help the sailors suvive scurvy and long winters. -
Oct 1, 1541
Jacque Cartier third voyage
Jacques tried to create a colony but he didn't succeed. France didn't return for another 60 years. -
Port Royal
It was a place that the natives went to trade fur with the french.
The first setlement was in Nova Scotia it was called Port Royal it didn't work because of it's position it was too far for the natives to get to. -
The trading post in Quebec
They put it in Stadacona (Quebec) because it was easier for the natives to acess because and it's near a river. -
Company of One Hudred Associates
This was a group of people sent ny the King to populate New France -
Jean Talons methods used to populate New France
Jean Talon was sent by the king to populate New France. He did it in various ways some of his ways where to send over orphans from france who where called fille des roy to get married here in New France. He would also fine bachleors over the age of 21 who weren't married. -
British Regim
The britsh won Quebec from the french but the problem was now the population was 99% french and 1% english. Hoeever all the fench are welcome to leave anytime time they want and go back to their farms but they are all British Subjects. -
Population growth in New france
By 1760, 99% of the population of New France was French. The population went from 3000 o 70 000. -
British Immigration
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Imigratiion of buisness men from England
The British start to immigrate the first group of people to come are rich businessmen looking to take over the fur trading business. -
The Loyalist
The Loyalists left the United States once it became a country because they were loyal to the British and they were almost forced out by the Americans. -
The first time Canada seprated
The british seperated Quebec into two Lower Canada, French-Canadian, and Upper Canada, English-Canadian. -
Irish mmigrants
Due to the patatoe famine many irish immigrants came emigrated to Canada. English and Scottish people also came during the patatoe famine. -
Canada
In 1837 and 1838, the governement meshed the two Canadas into one, which then became the Province of Canada. The French were a minority now because they got assimilated. -
Given land to the Natives
They gave land to the natives for taking it and getting them to alcholism. -
Indian Act
The Federal Government made thisto make sure that the Indian reserves were remaining the property of Quebec -
Ministry of Immigration
The ministry of immigration established intergration centres to welcome new immigrants into Quebec.
