European Exploration
This disease was caused by a lack of Vitamin C, leading to internal bleeding.
Scurvy
This company had a monopoly over the fur trade.
The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC)
This lengthy war actually began in North America but spilled over to Europe.
The Seven Years' War
This dark name was given to the ships on which many Britons (people from the U.K.) travelled to reach North America.
Coffin Ships
In which year was Confederation achieved?
1867
France, England, and the Netherlands focused on northern routes of exploration to North America for this reason.
Spain controlled the southern (Caribbean) routes.
This term was given to the men who made canoe trips between settlements during the fur trade.
Voyageurs
This treaty signed in 1763 ended the Seven Years' War and caused France to give up Guadeloupe.
The Treaty of Paris
Famine and unemployment in the United Kingdom (U.K.) were two major triggers for this massive emigration between 1815 and 1850.
The Great Migration
On which date was Confederation achieved?
July 1st
This English-sponsored, but Italian-born navigator, claimed Newfoundland for England in 1497.
Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot)
This industry is what started the early fur trade.
The Cod Fishery
This pivotal battle in Quebec secured victory for the British after a lengthy war.
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham
This was implemented in Lower Canada in an attempt to reduce the spread of cholera during the Great Migration.
Quarantine
This political stalemate situation occurred often in the Province of Canada and served as one of the motivations for Confederation.
Political Deadlock
This explorer established Port-Royal, the first French colony, in 1604, and then another colony in 1608 where Stadacona once stood.
Samuel de Champlain
The Metis
The Treaty of Utrecht (1713), the Oath of Neutrality (1730), and the Oath of Allegiance (1755) were key events leading to this mass expulsion.
The Great Deportation (of the Acadians)
Small groups of powerful Anglophones, irresponsible government with little representation, and crop failures all culminated with these two conflicts.
The Rebellions of 1837 and 1838.
These provinces were the first to be a part of Canada.
Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick
The North West Company (NWC)