Norse explorer Leif Erikson leads a Viking expedition to Iceland and sees unfamiliar land. Later he returns to formally explore this new world. Approximately when did this happen?
1000 AD
Iroquois Confederacy creates their own constitution known as Great Binding Law on August 31, 1142. Is it still in effect today?
Yes, the Iroquois Confederacy, also known as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, still exists today; it is considered one of the world's oldest democracies.
The First Nations on Canada's west coast establish a large trading network. Around what year did this occur?
Around 1400
An Italian explorer reaches land near Labrador and claims this new land for Henry VII, King of England on June 24, 1497. What is his name?
John Cabot
French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail searching for a passage to Asia, but instead arrives in the eastern part of what is now Québec. He marks the land with a cross, and claims it for the King of _______ 1534/1535
France
European settlers from France arrive on the east coast of Canada. The settlement of __________ (name of settlement) is established. It will be a rich source of agriculture and fishery.
Acadia
Samuel de Champlain, a French citizen, establishes a new French settlement named ___________ in Québec City on July 3, 1608
New France
While searching for a route between Europe and Asia called the North West Passage, English explorer Henry Hudson finds the area now called ____________ in 1611
Hudson Bay
What city is established by Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve - a French military official on May 17, 1642
Montreal
The Iroquois people attack the Huron villages around the __________ _________ (large bodies of water) The villages were destroyed in the attacks. Many Huron people were killed in this attack. March 16, 1649
Great Lakes
The _______________________ (name of company) is officially formed in 1670. This company will control almost all of the trading that occurs anywhere in the Hudson’s Bay watershed for two hundred years.
The Hudson’s Bay Company
Under the Treaty of _________, France agrees that Britain has control over the Hudson’s Bay area, Acadia and Newfoundland on April 11, 1713
Treaty of Utrecht
