Key Vocabulary
This term means exchanging goods without using money.
Barter
First groups who hunted and trapped animals in winter and traded furs in spring.
Indigenous peoples
This battle in 1759 decided control of Quebec between Britain and France.
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
The descendants of early French settlers who were known as the Acadians lived along what Bay?
Along the Bay of Fundy
One positive outcome of the fur trade
-borrowed each other’s technologies & skills
-got to know each other
-formed economic development
- new language skills
This word describes judging another culture using your own culture as the standard, often believing yours is superior.
The children of European fur traders and First Nations women became known by this name.
Metis
The British general who died during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham.
James Wolfe
DAILY DOUBLE!!
When Britain took control of Acadia in 1710, they renamed it this.
Nova Scotia
One major environmental consequence of the fur trade was this.
Overhunting / decline in animal populations
This is a formal written agreement made between nations.
Treaty
DAILY DOUBLE!!
These businesspeople financed the fur trade and shipped goods between Europe and North America.
Merchants
This global war began in 1756 and involved fighting in Europe, India, the Caribbean, and North America.
Seven Years’ War
Many Acadians developed close trading relationships with this Indigenous group.
Mi’kmaq
This traditional sport was used as a strategy to capture Fort Michilimackinac.
Lacrosse
This term refers to carrying canoes and supplies over land between waterways.
Portage
In 1672, Marquis de Frontenac faced a crisis when many members of this Indigenous group had died from smallpox or conflict, severely affecting the fur trade.
The Wendat
After only about 15 minutes of fighting on the Plains of Abraham, this happened to the French forces.
They fled toward Montreal
This fortress city on Cape Breton Island was an important French stronghold.
Louisbourg
During the capture of Fort Michilimackinac, women contributed by doing this critical action.
Hiding weapons under their clothing
This term describes when a group is forced or pressured to give up its language, religion, and traditions to adopt a dominant culture.
Assimilation
This company, founded in ______________, was granted control of the fur trade around Hudson Bay.
(Year & Company)
1670, Hudson's Bay
Describe 4 things that happened at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
- thousands of red coats in battle positions outside the gate
- Montcalm had 6000 soldiers including Odowa allies
- British shot first, French fired back. Montcalm and Wolfe were killed
- After 15 minutes, the French fled
- 1300 soldiers died
- Bloodiest battle on Canadian soil. City in ruins.
- Remaining French soldiers fled to Montreal
___________________________ created peace between New France and the Haudenosaunee
The Great Peace of Montreal
Name 4 reasons voyageurs were known as "proud" people
- They were both French and Indigenous
- Were a bridge between both groups
- They knew the land better than most
- They were strong and were not deterred by the difficulties of living through the terrain of Canada
- They were master hunters and trappers
- They loved singing and working together.
- Loved adventure and spent many months out in the wood