European Arrival
Who were the first known Europeans to settle in North America in L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland in 1000 CE?
The Norse (or Vikings)
Why did the monopolists from the fish and fur trade oppose permanent settlements in North America?
They thought it would take away from their profits
What is the province in Canada called today where the English first settled here?
Newfoundland
What were the British people who didn't want to become Americans when the American War of Independence happened in 1775?
United Empire Loyalists (will accept Loyalists)
What kind of immigrants were preferred for settlement to Canada in the 1800s?
White English speakers
What did John Cabot discover in 1497 off the coast of Newfoundland that was a major pull factor for Europeans?
Fishing grounds/ fish
Who was in charge of running the colony of New France at the beginning?
Fur trading companies
Why did the English set up a permanent colony at Cupid's Cove?
To compete against rival fishing companies
What were Black Loyalists promised for fighting with the British against the revolting colonists?
Freedom and land
What country were 17 000 workers brought over from and paid $1 a day to build the railroad in Western Canada?
China
What Indigenous group lived in Newfoundland and became extinct?
The Beothuk
When Louis XIV took over New France, how did he grow the population of the colony?
He sent the "filles de roi"- he paid women to move to New France
What was allowed in the colony in Newfoundland in terms of rights that was quite surprising for the early 1600s?
freedom of religion
What did the rebels do that caused about 2000 Haudenosaunee supporters of the British to flee to Canada?
Rebels destroyed their villages
What was the law called that prevented Indians from immigrating to Canada by saying that boats carrying immigrants had to come directly to Canada without stopping on the way?
Continual Passage Law
What animal native to Canada was a major pull factor due to European demand for fancy hats?
Beaver
What were the Catholic men who set up a mission at the mouth of the Saint John River called?
Jesuits
Why did the Beothuk want to avoid the Europeans?
Fear/ they were being killed and kidnapped by Europeans
What colony was created because most of the loyalists that settled in Nova Scotia?
New Brunswick
Why were Irish immigrants discriminated against?
They were Catholic
What push factor caused the Beothuk to move inland from the coast?
European arrival/ avoiding Europeans
What did the Acadians build that allowed them to drain sea water and create farm land in its place called?
Dikes
What was one of the three push factors in England that led people to want to move to the colony in Newfoundland?
overpopulation OR unemployment OR poverty
Why did the British give the colonies in present-day Canada elected assemblies after the war with the rebel colonists in the USA?
To ensure they didn't rebel (or similar answer to this)
What did the Canadian government do to a boat carrying Jewish refugees in 1939 that led most of the people on that boat to be killed in the Holocaust?
deny them entry (or similar answer)