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What year did Christopher Columbus sail the "ocean blue"?
1492
Who were Catholic missionaries sent to convert the Indigenous to Catholicism?
Jesuits
A vast territory named after Prince Rupert (the first head of the Hudson's Bay Company) consisting of what is now Western and Northern Canada.
Rupert's Land
Which piece of legislation was enacted AFTER the Royal Proclamation?
The Quebec Act
What year did the War of 1812 start?
1812
The Father of New France
Samuel de Champlain
Who were the Filles du Roi and why were they important for the success of New France?
"The King's Daughters"
They raised families and helped populate New France.
European cultures often judged other cultures using European values and beliefs. This attitude can be described as:
Ethnocentric
Eurocentric
Which act divided Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada?
The Constitutional Act
The Generals for the English and French army during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, in order, were:
Wolfe and Montcalm
Who is Giovanni Caboto and what year did he sail to the new world?
John Cabot, 1497
What were two reasons the French allied with the Indigenous tribes when they first came to North America?
Protection
Knowledge of the land
The event when Acadians were shipped from their homes because the British did not believe they were loyal.
The Great Deportation
What was the goal of the Royal Proclamation?
They wanted to attract Anglophones to Quebec by bringing in British institutions and laws.
The first global war (started in 1756)
Seven Years War
In what year was New France, specifically Québec, first colonized by Samuel de Champlain?
1608
The 4 reasons for Europeans wanting to expand the empires were:
Competition, Religion, Curiosity, Economics
Having sole control over a service or a product is the definition for what term?
Monopoly
What was the first constitutional law to be adopted by the British after the conquest of New France?
The Royal Proclamation
With the victory on the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759, the British essentially won:
New France
What man initially colonized New France for King James in 1534?
Jacques Cartier
Which group of people would live and learn with the Indigenous to influence them to trade furs with their people?
Coureurs de Bois
A country extending its control over other countries, often using economic or military means
Imperialism
British North America was impacted by the American Revolution by all but the which of the following:
Created the Quebec Act of 1774 & laid foundations for the future Canada
Accepted Loyalists creating a bilingual society
Attacks in Montreal by Americans leading up to the war of 1812
Gave the Indigenous peoples back their land & allowing them to live in peace
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The French essentially controlled and had an influence on New France, what is now known as Canada, for approximately how long?
150 years