First Peoples and Early Contact
Name one European settler Indigenous groups came in contact with
Jacques Cartier
Samuel de Champlain
What does absolutism mean?
Rule by a single person with the absolute power (monarch)
What was the name of the document that allowed for slaves to be bought, sold, and inherited.
Code Noir
Who fought in the Seven Years War?
French, British, Indigenous Peoples
What was the name of the Indigenous game we played in class?
Lahal
What raw material was used to make fancy hats to export to France?
Beaver pelts
What were the 2 main groups that were enslaved?
People of African descent and Indigenous Peoples (Panis)
What was the key battle in the war?
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham
What is colonization?
Settlers move in and take over Indigenous land without permission
What is paternalism?
Thought that people could not govern themselves.
Who were the 2 people we talked about in class that resisted slavery?
Chloe Cooley
Marie Josephe Angelique
Who won the war?
The British
Name two impacts settlers had on Indigenous Peoples
loss of language/culture
spread of disease
Who were some of the first women that came to Canada? On whose orders?
The king's daughters and on Jean Talon's orders
OR
Nuns sent on religious orders
What religion were slaves forced into?
Catholicism
What was the turning point in this war?
The era of New France is over - Canada is British possession
How has early contact with Europeans impacted Indigenous groups today? Explain.
The ongoing impacts of loss of language/culture
Land claims
Residential schools
Name 3 details you found interesting from your primary source readings.
Excessive drinking
Parties after work
Details about working life
What year was slavery limited? What year was it abolished?
1831 and 1834
July 1, 1867