Arrival In Canada
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Terms | Definitions |
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 Freydis Eriksdottir | Freydís Eiríksdóttir was a daughter of Erik the Red (as in her patronym) who was associated with the Norse exploration of North America. |
| Leif Erikson | Leif Erikson was a Viking, also nickamed Lief the Lucky, his sorties were found in "sagas" of voyages to places called Helluland, Markland and Vinland. |
| John Cabot | Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) |
| Verrazzano | Florentine navigator who explored the eastern coast of North America (circa 1485-1528) |
| Jacques Cartier | French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France (1491-1557) |
| Chief Donnacona | Chief Donnacona (died c. 1539 in France) was the chief of Stadacona located at the present site of Quebec City, Canada |
| The Iroquois | were successful at both trade and war and were the dominate tribe in the Great Lakes Region |
| Domagaya and Taignoagny | They were the two sons of the great chief of Stadacona, Donnacona |
| Samuel de Champlain | French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec (1567-1635) |
| Henry Hudson | English navigator who discovered the Hudson River and Hudson Bay. |
| Algonkians | a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa river valley of Ontario and Quebec |
| Montagnais | The Innu people are frequently categorized into two groups, the Montagnais (French: "mountain people", ) |
| Hurons | The Wyandot (also called Huron) are indigenous peoples ofNorth America, known in their native language of the Iroquoian family.It was in their later location that they firstencountered the explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1615. |
| Cardinal Richelieu | This was the man who influenced the power of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy |
| Kirke Brothers | Engl pirates that seize supply fleet |
| Etienne Brule | Someone who was like a son to Champlain, and adopted by the Hurons. Has a falling out with the Hurons and is tortured to death. |
| Company of 100 Associates | In 1627 the French government granted the company of 100 associates a monopoly on the fur trade in New france. In return the company was supposed to bring over 4000 French catholics to settle down in new france over the next 15 years. The company allowed the settlers to trade for furs directly with the Native peoples if they sold the furs to only the company |
| Radisson and De Groseilliers | In 1659 Radisson and Des Groseilliers set off on a secret trip in search of new sources of fur. They headed north of Lake Superior, which was land that had not yet been explored by the white man. There they met Wendat and Odawa people who were ready to trade with them. |
| Jean Talon | Talon was a determined, energetic and imaginative Intendant of New France from 1665-68 and 1669-72 |
| Governor Frontenac | Governer of colony of New France. |
| Marquis de Tracy | Six months after the first French invasion of Iroquois lands, the Marquis de Tracy, the Lieutenant-General for America, led a second French force into Mohawk lands. He assembled a force of 600 regulars and 600 militia and Native allies at Fort Ste. Anne at the northern end of Lake Champlain. Three hundred boats and canoes carried de Tracy's men to the south end of the lake. |
| Bishop de Laval | In 1663 Laval founded the Séminaire de Québec, a society of diocesan priests called "Séminaire des Missions-Étrangères de Québec" that he united to the one in Paris of which he had been one of the founders |
| Filles du Roi | women of marriageable age who were shipped (the term is appropriate) to New France under royal auspices from 1663-73 |
| Habitants | habitants were communities of farmers that stretched along the banks of the St. Lawrence btw the provincial capital of Quebec and the fur trade center of Montreal |
| Ursuline order of Nuns | established in 1535 by Angela Merici and dedicated to education of young girls. In general though, provision for girls schools was more sporadic. Spread from Italy to France and thence to Quebec and New Orleans. |
| Hudson's Bay Company | founded in 1670 in London, England, by a group of British merchants eager to exploit the resources of northern Canada. |
| Henry Kelsey | increased the flow of furs from the interior to hudsons bay trading posts |
| Vitus Bering | Danish explorer who explored the northern Pacific Ocean for the Russians and discovered the Bering Strait (1681-1741) |
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