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Name 4 main events that helped to shape or change Alberta?
1. The Fur Trade 2. The Canadian Pacific Railway 3. New Settlers arriving 4. Treaties/scrips
What is a scrip?
A coupon that can be exchanged for land or money.
Did the government and the First Nations share the same perspective about treaties?
No. The First Nations viewed treaties as sacred but the government just considered them a contract that could be changed at any time.
What is a treaty?
An agreement between 2 nations.
What group of religious women did the work of doctors, dentists, teachers and nurses? AND in what year did they come to Alberta?
The grey nuns came in 1863.
What dates signify the beginning and the end of the fur trade in Alberta?
1750-1830
Who were the First Francophone settlers to claim Alberta land for farming?
Frank and Joseph Lamoureux.
Why was it difficult to build a railway across Canada?
The land was difficult to build on (marshes, deep valleys) and there were herds of buffalo in the way.
How did the Metis help the fur trade?
They translated for traders and they invented the Red River Cart and the York Boat.
What is pemmican?
A mixture of dried meat and berries.
Who are the Metis?
The Metis are people descended from the British or Canadien traders and First Nations.
Why were forts built close to rivers?
It made it easier to travel.
What is a fort?
A building or set of buildings surrounded by a strong wall.
How did the fur trade change Alberta?
It brought settlers to Alberta.
Who were "Canadiens?"
Canadiens were Francophone people who were born in Canada. Their first language was French.
These people travelled by canoe and worked for the fur-trading companies.
Voyageurs
This word means "to carry a canoe and supplies over land."
Portage
What was the fur trade?
Europeans traded goods with the First Nations for furs.
Why was the Hudson's Bay Company willing to sell it's land?
Because the fur trade was ending - beaver fur was going out of style.
Why did people first come to Alberta?
To trade furs.
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