Final Exam Flashcards
(38 cards)
The Royal Proclamation
- 1763
- Framework of government in British Territory after the fall of New France
- Native relations (territory, still referenced today)
French Indian War
- 1754-1763
- The French built a post in British Territory
- A scuffle ensues where France wins
- New France eventually looses because they lack recources
Seven Years War
-1756-1763
Global Migration
Not a recent phenomenon
Migration has existed through all of history
Sunrise Girl Child
a skeleton found that proves First Nations have been here for a long time.
John Cabot
rediscovered Canada
John Cartier
claimed St.Lawrence in the name of France
Samuel Champlain
permanent settlement
New France
- fur trade expands (Henry Hudson)
- civilize the savages
- warfare and disease wipe out huge numbers of First Nations
Chief Donnacona
was kidnapped and brought back to France to act as an interpreter
Mercantilism
- Canada was a recourse for mother country
- triangular trade
- beavers and fur trade
Code Noir
very little rights for slaves, but determined how they were to be treated
Six Nations Confederacy
5 Iroquois nations that banned together to to be the people of the longhouse
Treaty of Paris
- 1763
- Concluded French Indian War
- France gave up all land to England
Smallpox
British gave First Nations blankets from small pox hospital
Treaty of Ghent
- Dec 24 1812
- Signed in Belgium
- End war of 1812
- British loose hope of regaining America
General Brock
-Canadian/British leader of army
Tecumseh
-First Nations leader of army, the voice of a rebellion
American Revolution
- American Independance
- Canada decided to stay out of it
Benedict Arnold
-lead attack on Quebec City
Quebec Act
- Created permanent system of government
- allowed Quebec to have different system of government
Declaration of Independance
- 1776
- Americas Independence
British Loyalists
- 80k+ loyalists leave US to Canada
- Settled around Lake Ontario
Napoleon Bonaparte
his wars raged from 1793 to 1815