Journey to Upper Canada
By what mode of transportation did most of the settlers travel to Upper Canada?
Boat/Ship
What group of people were already in Upper Canada when the settlers arrived?
First Nations
What are moccasins?
A type of shoe that is made out of soft leather.
Who was responsible for taking care of the children and cooking in early settler families?
Lakes, Rivers, and Fertile Land
How are Metis different from First Nations people?
They are people of mixed Indigenous and European people.
Name 2 places early settlers came from.
Europe, Ireland, Scotland, America
How did people buy things (other than using money)
They traded goods and skills
Many Indigenous people died due to what disease/illness?
Smallpox and colonial wars
What were 2 emotional challenges for early settlers?
sad, angry, lonely, sick,
What are the 2 official languages of Canada?
French and English
Why did early settlers choose to come to Canada?
To farm, to start the fur trade, to escape unsafe living conditions, to escape the war, to escape slavery.
How did men gather food during the 1800s? (Hint: they went on specific trips)
Hunting
First Nations, Inuit, and Metis people are...
a) Canadian Settlers
b)The Indigenous Peoples of Canada
c) Anishinaabe
The Indigenous Peoples of Canada
How did early settler children spend their time?
Helping with chores, cooking, and farming.
What were 2 ways early settlers damages First Nations communities?
diseases, fighting, took their land, less areas to hunt and fish
In the 1800s, many First Nations people started to get sick with diseases that they had never experienced before, like smallpox. Where might the diseases have come from?
Settlers bringing the diseases over from Europe and from the boat.
What types of food did people farm and hunt?
Corn, beans, squash, rice, and berries.
Fish, moose, deer, and bear.
What are 2 of the animals that First Nations people hunted to eat?
Buffalo, deer, rabbit, fish, bison, beaver
What are 2 physical challenges for early settlers?
disease, hard work, had to make things, no food
Who were the First Nations groups that lived in Ontario?
Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Cree, and Huron-Wendat
Give me 3 words to describe the boat ride might have been like towards Canada.
Long, cold, dark, scary, damp, tragic, dirty, slimy, hungry
What happened to the land that the Indigenous peoples lived on once the early settlers came?
The early settlers took over the land and slowly pushed out the Indigenous peoples. They left them with land that could not be used for farming and sent them too far away from any water.
What type of homes did First Nations live in?
Wigwam, longhouses,
Why did Irish settlers leave their land to come to Upper Canada?
Potato famine; starving
Tell me THREE things that are different when we compare life in the 1800s to now
-transportation
-electricity
-how houses/buildings were built
-clothing
-medicine
-jobs