Dates
What year was Halifax founded?
1749
Who were the people who first met Christopher Columbus?
Taino
What natural resource were Europeans interested in?
Beavers
What year did John Cabot discover Cape Breton (first contact for the Mi'kmaw)?
1497
Which Nova Scotia governor paid for Mi'kmaw scalps?
Cornwallis
What religion did the French bring to the Mi'kmaw?
Catholicism
When did the Beothuk become extinct?
1829
Which European first discovered Cape Breton and met the first Mi'kmaw?
John Cabot
What disease was especially deadly for indigenous populations?
Small pox
When did Membertou die?
1611
Who founded Port Royal?
Samuel de Champlain
Which Europeans did the Mi'kmaw have the best relations with?
French
When was the first European settlement in Canada founded?
1605
Who was the first Mi'kmaw leader to be baptised by the French?
Membertou
Which competing faction won at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham?
British