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During the ice age the ocean between Asia and North America froze allowing 200 people to cross and come to North America.
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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. -
He got all the way to Quebec. He got help from Amerindans to help the sailors suvive scurvy and long winters.
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Jacques tried to create a colony but he didn't succeed. France didn't return for another 60 years.
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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. -
They put it in Stadacona (Quebec) because it was easier for the natives to acess because and it's near a river.
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This was a group of people sent ny the King to populate New France
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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.
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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.
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By 1760, 99% of the population of New France was French. The population went from 3000 o 70 000.
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The British start to immigrate the first group of people to come are rich businessmen looking to take over the fur trading business.
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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.
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The british seperated Quebec into two Lower Canada, French-Canadian, and Upper Canada, English-Canadian.
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Due to the patatoe famine many irish immigrants came emigrated to Canada. English and Scottish people also came during the patatoe famine.
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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.
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They gave land to the natives for taking it and getting them to alcholism.
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The Federal Government made thisto make sure that the Indian reserves were remaining the property of Quebec
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The ministry of immigration established intergration centres to welcome new immigrants into Quebec.
