Key Figures Flashcards
(12 cards)
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Samuel de Champlain (2)
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- Contributed to New France through exploration of NA
- Built the first European settlement in Quebec City
2
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Les Filles du Roi (1)
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- Sent by King Louis XIV to establish permanent settlements in New France
3
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Médard Chouart des Groseilliers (1)
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- Contributed to founding Hudson’s Bay Trading Company
4
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Pierre-Esprit Radisson (1)
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- Contributed to founding Hudson’s Bay Trading Company
5
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James Wolfe (1)
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- Won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham for Britain against France, giving New France to Britain
6
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Alexander Mackenzie (2)
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- Explorer under the Northwest Company who found / mapped Mackenzie river
- Found a way to the pacific via land
7
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Tecumsuh (1)
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- Chief of Shawnee nation who worked with Britain to fight again United States to defend borders
8
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William Lyon Mackenzie (1)
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- Politician who used his newspaper (The Colonial Advocate) to spread awareness about the unfairness of oligarchy
9
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Louis-Joseph Papineau (1)
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- Politician who used his newspaper (Le Canadien) to spread awareness about the unfairness of oligarchy
10
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Durham (2)
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- Governor general sent by Britain to identify causes of unrest in the two Canadas
- Suggested Union of Canada
11
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Louis Riel (2)
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- Advocated for Metis and French people in multiple rebellions
- Contributed to the formation of Manitoba as a province
12
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Jacques Cartier (2)
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- Voyaged 3 times to North America, exploring to lay foundations for New France
- Established bad relationship between Haudenosaunee and France
