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Essay Writing → Start → Outline → Intro → Paragraphs → Template → Proofreading →→ Checklist → → I. Founders Topics → II. Settlers Topics → III. New Nation Topics

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I. THE FOUNDERS → → A. Aboriginal Canada → B. Early European Explorers → C. The Story of New France → → D. British North America 1760-1830 → E. Conflict and Change: The Rebellion Years

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What factors led some European powers to begin explore across the Atlantic Ocean in the fifteenth century? What role did First Nations play in the early exploration of Canada? What factors led to the destruction of Huronia in the 1640s? It has been noted that Canada was built on the back of the beaver. Do you agree with this statement?

Some historians argue that the arrival of Europeans in North American started a genocide that killed millions of First Nations. Do you think it can be called a genocide? Why or why not? What was the nature of the relationship between First Nations and the first French explorers? How was the nature of the early fur trade influenced/controlled by existing Native trading patterns? What was the role of the Catholic Church in New France? Why did New France fall to the English in 1756?

Discuss the nature of French-English relations from 1763 to 1791? What role did wheat play in the economy of Upper Canada? Outline and analyze the process whereby Native peoples in Upper Canada or the Maritimes entered into land treaties with the British. What were the causes of the Rebellions of 1837? How was responsible government achieved in the maritimes? What position in society did women occupy in Upper Canada or Lower Canada?

Was the expulsion of the Acadians justified? Analyze the Red River Colony. What factors led to its creation, and success? What was the role of Native women in the fur trade. Consider both the Hudson’s Bay Company and the North West Company. What were the causes of the War of 1812? Many slaves from the United States fled to Canada in the nineteenth century. Did they find a land of freedom when they arrived? What conditions did they face?

Essay Writing → Start → Outline → Intro → Paragraphs → Template → Proofreading →→ Checklist → → I. Founders Topics → II. Settlers Topics → III. New Nation Topics

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