People
The sea captain who was sent to find a passage through North America to Asia, but instead found "New Found Land". He did not set up a permanent colony in this new land.
Jacques Cartier
A territory controlled by another country
What is a colony
Runners of the Woods
Coureur de Bois
A young woman who was sent to New France to be married. Also called the "Kings Daughters"
A vast territory named after Prince Rupert, the first head of Hudson Bay Company, consisting of what is now mostly Western and Northern Canada.
What is Rupert's Land?
The French noble who received a monopoly to create a colony. He created the first French settlement.
Pierre de Monts
When only one group or company is allowed to sell or trade a product in certain areas.
What is a monopoly?
A network of many territories controlled by a single country
Which of the following is one of the Thirteen colonies?
a. California
b. Newfoundland
c. Massachusetts
c. Massachusetts
Indigenous group that lived on Newfoundland island. In 200 years they were completely wiped out by violence and disease.
The king who decided that France should have a colony in North America. He sent Jacques Cartier to find a passage to Asia.
Who is King Louis XIII?
The second most important figure in the Sovereign council in New France. They are in charge of day to day affairs.
What is an Intendant?
Ethnocentrism
What is believing your culture is superior to another?
The Coureur de Bois were interested in a particular activity. What was that activity?
What is fur trading?
What part of Canada did Anthony Henday and Henry Kelsey explore?
What is the interior of Canada, into the prairies?
(What is now Alberta)
British governor of Nova Scotia who ordered the destruction of the Mi'kmaq.
Who is Lord Cornwallis?
A country extending its control over others, often using economic or military means.
What is imperialism?
In the fur trade, a financer and organizer. A businessman.
Merchant
Which country played a large role in the initial exploration of North America & founded the first successful settlement there?
Subject to poor treatment because of one's beliefs.
Persecuted
Explorer who reached the waters off of Newfoundland in 1497. When he returned to England, he reported seeing fish so plentiful that it could be caught by lowering a basket into water.
Who is John Cabot?
A social system based on seigneurs (nobles) who rented land to habitants (farmers)
What is the Seigneurial System?
An economic system that allows an imperial country to become rich by selling the resources taken from its colonies.
Mercantilism
Which colony lasted the longest?
Shanawdithit
What is the last recorded Beothuk person?