Canada & Historical Globalization
Key Question: How did historical globalization affect Canada?
Learning Goal: Make connections between colonialism and the destruction of Beothuk culture.
Activity: Placemats
Key Terms: Indian Act, status Indian, residential schools, cultural mosaic, multiculturalism, cultural pluralism, Quiet Revolution
Learning Goal: Make connections between colonialism and the destruction of Beothuk culture.
Activity: Placemats
Key Terms: Indian Act, status Indian, residential schools, cultural mosaic, multiculturalism, cultural pluralism, Quiet Revolution
In 1497, John Cabot claimed the island of Newfoundland for Britain, and in 1535, Jacques Cartier sailed up the St. Lawrence and claimed the territory along this river for France. By this time, however, European colonies in the Caribbean and Central and South America were already thriving. For much of the 1500s, these prosperous southern colonies were the focus of the imperial competition between Britain, France, and other European powers.
At the time, Canada was considered little more than a remote northern outpost. Europeans had little interest in establishing permanent settlements there. For Europeans, the country's chief interest lay in the rich fishing grounds off its Atlantic coast. And some Europeans had not given up on the idea of discovering a new route for sailing to Asia. Finding this route, for example, inspired Cartier's exploratory trips up the St. Lawrence.
At the time, Canada was considered little more than a remote northern outpost. Europeans had little interest in establishing permanent settlements there. For Europeans, the country's chief interest lay in the rich fishing grounds off its Atlantic coast. And some Europeans had not given up on the idea of discovering a new route for sailing to Asia. Finding this route, for example, inspired Cartier's exploratory trips up the St. Lawrence.
Early Contact
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Colonization in Canada
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First Peoples and European Settlers
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The Destruction of the Beothuk
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