before 1500
This group of people have been living on the North American continent for thousands of years.
What is First Nations and Inuit.
This person claimed Canadian Aboriginal lands for France in 1534.
Who is Jaques Cartier?
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How many colonies were originally established in the territory of what is the USA today?
1776
When was the American Declaration of Independence?
The end of this war created political boundaries between Canada and the US.
What is the war of 1812?
Around 1100, this group of people settled off the coast of Newfoundland.
Who are the Vikings?
This was one of the primary economic driving forces in North America in the 1500s.
What is fur trade?
What company had a monopoly on fur trade in Canada?
What is the Hudson's Bay Company?
From 1756 to 1763, the English and French fought with help from different First Nations groups in this war.
What is the French and Indian War?
This movement of people brought 800,000 immigrants from England, Scotland and Wales to the British Colonies.
What is the Great Migration?
This explorer thought he discovered the "Indies" in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus.
This practice allowed the capturing, transporting,selling and buying of people.
What is the Atlantic slave trade?
They were descendants of French settlers, deported from their land by the British between 1755-1763.
Who were the Acadians?
This treaty ended the Seven Years' War between France and England, forcing France to give up conquered land in North America.
What was the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
This secret organization helped American slaves to escape to Canada.
What is the Underground Railroad?
This person claimed the Atlantic coast for England in 1497.
Who was John Cabot?
This city was founded in1608.
What is Quebec?
New France became a colony of this country in 1663.
What is France?
Britain claimed the Pacific Coast.
What major event happened in 1793?
Upper and Lower Canada were united by this Act in 1841.
What is the Act of Union?
Name at least one of Columbus' ships.
What are the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
He established Port Royal in 1605 and founded Quebec.
Who was Samuel de Champlain?
What was the name of those Americans who did not support American independence and moved to Canada?
Who were the Loyalists?
This act brought back French civil law in combination with British criminal law.
What was the significance of the Quebec Act of 1774?
These were names of the two colonies that were united into the Province of Canada in 1841.
What is Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario) and Lower Canada (modern-day southern Quebec).
Referring to their position on the St. Lawrence River, Upper Canada was "upriver" and Lower Canada "downriver".