British owned fur trading company.
What is Hudson's Bay Company?
Discovered cod stocks in Newfoundland.
Whos is John Cabot or Giovanni Caboto?
British Colony that was initially a fishing settlement.
What is Newfoundland?
Extinct indigenous group that died due to competition, starvation and disease.
Who were the Beothuk?
The Hudson's Bay was named after.
Who is Henry Hudson?
The English's (Hudson's Bay Company's) name for their fur trading posts.
What is factories?
British explorer who left his trading post and saw the vast herd of Buffalo in the Prairies.
Who is Henry Kelsey?
The area in green where the HBC was given a monopoly.
What is Rupert's land?
Referred to as “soft gold,” by traders.
What is Sea Otters?
Last remaining Beothuk who attempted to record the Beothuk culture.
Who is Shanawdithit?
The trader in charge of trading post.
What is a factor?
Travelled to present day Red Deer and attempted to convince the Siksika to trade with the Hudson’s Bay.
Who is Anthony Henday?
Mi’kmaq village that was made into a British military base.
What is Halifax or Chebucto?
They attempted to overtake British trading factories.
Who were the French?
French Explorers who rediscovered the Hudson's Bay.
Who are Pierre Raddison and Sieur des Groseilliers?
Former British colonies that now make up the east coast of the United States.
What is the Thirteen Colonies?
Norwegian sailor who sailed his boat through the Northwest Passage.
Who is Ronald Amundsen?
A passage through the Arctic.
What is the Northwest Passage?
Gave the British control of Acadia and France control of Cape Breton.
What is the Treaty of Utrecht?
The British built a military fort on their settlement.
Who were the Mi'kmaq?
An economic system that allows an imperial country to become rich in gold and silver by selling the resources taken from its colonies.
What is mercantilism?
English Explorer who FIRST attempted to build a colony in North America.
Who is Walter Raleigh?
The treaty of Utrecht awarded this land to the British.
What is Acadia or Nova Scotia?
List the 4 reasons why the British wanted to colonize North America.
1) Competition 2) Religious Freedom 3) Quality of life 4) Economy
Dene leader who spoke multiple languages and led Samuel Hearne.
Who is Matonabbee?