First Nations
Vocabulary
People
British
French
100

What did the First Nations Peoples teach the Europeans?

To build canoes, helped them to navigate the terrain and provided them with warm clothing

100

The areas that both British and French groups laid claim to.

Disputed Territories

100

They rented farmland for a fee.

Seigneur

100

A major transportation route for goods travelling south to the Gulf of Mexico and control of the river gave the British an advantage.

The Ohio River Valley

100

They were granted the ability to own and run businesses.

Women

200

These people hunted and fished for their food. They moved around to follow their prey and lived in smaller groupings.

Algonquians

200

The language treaties were written in.

English

200

What the people of New France call themselves

Canadeins

200

Demanded they sign an oath of allegiance.

Acadians

200

Why the Abenaki, part of the Wabanaki Confederacy encouraged to move to New France by the French people.

To help defend New France against British attacks

300

These people are descended from the joining of First Nations members and Europeans

Metis

300

The strategy of extending a country’s power by creating colonies in new places or conquering other countries.

Imperialism 

300

Coordinated shipments of guns and the attacks carried out by the Wabanaki on the British

Father Rale

300

The people the British broke the terms of the Treaty of Portsmouth agreement.

Wabanaki

300

The impact did the Treaty of Utrecht have on the French in North America

French to surrender their claims to Rupert’s Land, forced the French to surrender Newfoundland to British rule and took control of the area known as Acadia

400

These people farmed squash, corn and beans. These agricultural practices allowed them to live in larger, more permanent groups.

Haudenosaunee and Huron / Wyandot

400

Deadly disease did the fur traders bring to the First Nations People.

Small Pox

400

French settlers that farmed small plots of land along the St. Lawrence in what is now Quebec and rented land from a seigneur.

Habitants

400

What the British agreed to in the Treaty of Portsmouth with the Wabanaki.

To stop building on Wabanaki land, to trade only in neutral locations and to exchange gifts with the Wabanaki as a show of respect

400

The area that encompassed what is now New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.

Acadia

500

They historically lived along the coastal edge and on the islands in the North.

Inuit

500

The name of the Acadians in New Orleans.

Cajuns

500

A professional canoe operator that transported furs

Voyageurs

500

Agreed to stop attacking the British, give back land and settlements that had been seized and allow any future disputes to be decided on by the British government.

Wabanaki

500

They swore an oath declaring loyalty to the British King but with the stipulation that they would not have to fight against the French in the event of a conflict

Acadians

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