Why Explore?
What European motive for exploration focused on finding new trade routes and valuable spices?
Gold (or Trade and wealth)
What is the name for the first people who lived in a particular area, such as the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada?
Indigenous peoples
What is a formal and legally binding agreement between two or more parties called?
A treaty
This European motive for exploration involved claiming land to expand a country's influence overseas.
Glory (or Power and empire-building)
Give the name of two specific Indigenous groups in Canada.
First Nations, Métis, or Inuit (any two)
This Treaty, signed in 1713, ended some European wars and forced France to give Britain control of Newfoundland and Acadia.
The Treaty of Utrecht
The final 'G' in the motives for exploration refers to the desire to spread Christianity.
God (or Religion and conversion)
What was the name for the system of land management in New France where plots of land were divided along a river?
The seigneurial system
This 1774 British law had the purpose of protecting French-Canadian rights and religion.
The Quebec Act of 1774
Name the three main motives (the three G's) that drove European exploration.
God, Gold, and Glory (or Trade and wealth, Power and empire-building, and Religion and conversion)
These unlicensed French fur traders were also known as "runners of the woods".
Coureurs des bois
This 1763 Treaty officially ended the Seven Years' War and resulted in Britain gaining control of French territories in North America.
The Treaty of Paris (1763)
This group of people, often supplying furs and knowledge of terrain, were key trading partners and allies during the colonial wars
Indigenous peoples
Give one example of how Indigenous groups helped the French and British during their colonial wars.
Forming military alliances, supplying warriors, sharing knowledge of terrain, or trading furs and supplies.
The Constitutional Act of 1791 formally divided Quebec into these two separate colonies to address French and English cultural tensions.
Lower Canada and Upper Canada