The so-called Native Americans are the first historical inhabitants of Canada, followed by the Inuit. These indigenous peoples are grouped into a variety of tribes that are often at war with each other, with the prospect of each expanding its territory and commanding the most resources. Canada is indeed a huge country (its area covers almost 10 million km2) and if it has many natural resources, disposing of them freely is not easy, since each region has its peculiarities. These tribes include the Dene and the Cree of northwestern Canada, who are hunter-gatherers. The Huron-Wendats originated in the Great Lakes region and, like the Iroquois, lived by hunting and farming. The Inuit, on the other hand, survived thanks to the wild animals of the Arctic.

Canada and the Arrival of the First Settlers

The first attempts to colonize Canada took place in the 1000. The Vikings, originally from Scandinavia, actually briefly occupied what is now called the Territories Canadian Northwest. The indigenous population rebelled against this invasion, although the Vikings made no contact with them upon their arrival. The Vikings were thus driven out of the area by the natives and it just remained there 1497 that the Italian navigator and explorer John Cabot landed on Canadian land in the service of the English crown. He is the first European to draw a map of the east coast of present-day Canada. But he died shortly thereafter during a reconnaissance tour that he and his crew should carry out 200 men to Japan.

Jacques Cartier, Canada’s Christopher Columbus?

However, the British continued their exploration of the vast American continent, as did the Portuguese and the French, the main colonizers at the time. It was in 1534 when the French explorers Jacques Cartier, in turn, entered Canadian territory, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence: He then claimed this part as a new possession of the Kingdom of France … Jacques Cartier is therefore considered to be the one who discovered Canada. Wrongly so, as we have seen! However, he remains the man who organized the new settlements in this area. Furthermore, we owe the name Canada to Jacques Cartier: after hearing the Iroquois, he actually recorded them talking to each other and pronouncing the word Kanata (meaning village) that he used this term to designate the territory.

Who Discovered Quebec?

The story draws favorably on a navigator and cartographer named Samuel de Champlain, who was born between 1567 and baptized in Saint-Yon in 1567 and died in Quebec. After the consecration of King Henry IV in 1593, Samuel de Champlain decided to enlist in his army. Which later gives him the authority and power to make several trips, notably in Spain, the West Indies, the West Indies, the Gulf of Mexico, Panama, and then Quebec, which historical sources say he will discover first and settle down there. He will this new territory “New Francearound the years 1600 and 1610.

Why isn’t Quebec French anymore?

During the war ofseven years“In 1663 Quebec was then baptized by Samuel de Champlain”New France“falls into the hands of the British. But long before that, especially in the 17th century, the migration of the French to Canada, especially to Quebec, took a more intense turn Louis XIV wanted to expand French territory across the Atlantic. But, After the “Seven Years’ War” a treaty is signed and the French metropolis loses Quebec. Although most of the territory is French, the English inherit Quebec territory and live alongside the French population.

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