Unit 1 Exam: The People and the Land Flashcards
John Cabot / Henry Hudson
1497 lands in newfoundland and claims it for England when traveling to asia. Found tones of cod along the grand banks
Henry hudson tries to find passage through the americas, but ends up in hudson’s bay where he set up camps
Jacques Cartier / Donnacona
in 1534 franocis I set off in search of god and glory, since the king was losing wealth, he vogages 3 times and found the village of stadacona (Quebec city)
village of hochelga- “eutpopia” and named it mont royal (montral)
Also met Donnacona the leader of the houssanne tribe at the st. lawarance river, his two sons came with to help him get back to here, charted the st. lawarance river
Samuel de Champlain / Louis XIV
Father of new france
1608 establised a perment colony at stadacona that was the foundfdation for Quebec city
made enimes with the iroquois
1615 made an allence with the huron
louis XiV makes a new france a royal colony in 1663, governoed over the royal state
Comte de Frontenac
Comte de frontenac a Chad great dreams of a French empire that would control all of North America. Even as French officials warned of overexpending
their
resources, frontenac encouraged expeditions to take control of areas such as the
mississpi
_ valley.
James Wolfe / Marquis de Montcalm
General james wolfe
sailed from england in 1759 orders to conquer all of
Nouvelle-France. British troops began bombarding the town of quebec
General montcalm most of the French troops stationed at Beauport; when he got word that the British were outside Quebec’s walls, he had to march his soldiers back into town. They arrived exhusted
_ for their battle with British forces. By the next morning, both generals were
dead and France lost Quebec.
Radisson and Groseilliers / Prince Rupert
Sieur de la Vérendrye
IN 1730 he was ordered to explore the west in search of a route back to the pacifc. He built a series of fur trading that became an important base of french operations in the west
Simon McTavish
The montreal operators pooled their effeirts to save costs. In 1779, several of these operators formed the northwest company, led by simon Mctavish
Peter Pond / Alexander Mackenzie / Simon Fraser / David Thompson
Peter pond mapped the methye portage in 1783 which brough him on lake athabasca the source of best beaver pelts , he also learned how to make pemmincan- main source of food of traders
alexander mackenzie in 1785 left fort chipewyan anllong slave river and ended up at the beaufort sea. He then tried the peace river and reached the pacific on 1793.
in 1808 simon fraser descebded the river that would one day take his name and reached the ocean
David thomson who found a more practical route in 1811, he was a talented map maker and became chief surveyor of the NWC,
First Nations / Language Groups / Geographic-Cultural Groups
meti, Inuit, ojibwe/saulteaux, ininew, anishinaabe
Artic, western subartic, eastern subartic, great plains, plateau, northwest coast, northeastern woodlands
Oral Traditions vs. Land-Bridge Theory
Oral tradition will have more meaning, expression, passion and better understanding of a topic when spoken; however once a person dies with that knowlede it is gone forever, and that one person can only share it no else would know.
The Land Bridge Theory is a hypothesis that early humans and animals migrated from Asia to the Americas across a land bridge that connected Siberia and Alaska during the Ice Age.
Environment & Housing / Food Sources & Strategies / Transportation & Migration / Social Structure & Governance /
Beliefs & Ceremonies
at home
Great Law of Peace / Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
at home
European Exploration / Vikings / Terra Nullius / Passage to Asia / Northwest Passage / Mercantilism
at home
Stadacona / Hochelaga / St. Lawrence River
other
