First Peoples
The First Peoples consisted of How many major cultural groups?
6
Who was in charge of the first permanent settlement in Quebec?
Samual de Champlain
On what day was the Battle on the Plains of Abraham fought?
September 13, 1756
What was used for currency instead of money?
Beaver Pelts
Define the word: Terra nullius
Land belonging to no one
According to the land bridge theory, the First People got to North America by crossing what?
The Bering Strait
The 950 women sent from France to marry settlers were called what?
Les Filles de Roi
What were the names of the two generals that die in the Battle on the Plains of Abraham?
What year was the HBC founded?
1670
Who was the Iroquois Chief that was kidnapped by Jacques Cartier?
Donaconna
On the West Coast, the formal ceremony for sharing was called what?
The Potlatch
In 1755 Charles Lawrence expelled what group from Nova Scotia?
Acadians
Prior to the Battle on the Plains of Abraham, what have the English army been doing for Two months?
Laying siege to Quebec City, Bombarding it with cannon fire, destroying the crops and livestock within 240km of the city.
Who were the main middle men of the HBC in the 1720's?
The swampy Cree and the Assiniboine
What were the three motivations for nations in search for new lands?
4 C's Commerce, Conversion, Competition, Colonize and North West Passage.
Three of the values that were considered the most important to the First People were:
Sharing, cooperation and diversity
The method of settlement in New France was known as what?
The seigneurial system
How many causalities were there in the Battle on the Plains of Abraham on both sides?
1300 men (650 British and French men)
When was the North West Company established?
1779
Who was the first man to find Hudson Bay and what happened to him?
Henry Hudson. His crew mutinied against him.
The great law of Peace of the People of the Longhouse was a treaty reached in what year?
*Bonus $100 if you know how the year is know**
1142
In 1641, what was the respective population of both New France and the 13 Colonies?
New France 13 Colonies
- 240 - 50 000
What started the french-indian war and when did it happen?
In September 1753, Major George Washington had been sent down by the British to order the surrender of French soldiers in the Ohio Valley
What were the two controversial methods used by both companies to convince the First Peoples to trade with them?
Before Quebec, What was the first permanent settlement in Canada?
Fort Royal, Nova Scotia