GEO 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indigenous Peoples Of The Eastern Woodlands, Beringia, Paleo-Indians
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Initial contact with europeans and consequent aboriginal depopulation. Before the europeans arrived, indigenous peoples occupied specific cultural regions (now known as canada): do not need to memorize: north-west coast, plateau, western subarctic, plains, arctic, eastern subarctic, eastern woodlands. Canada"s second people: british and french people. In 1759, british defeat the french therefore why everyone speaks english and not. French: 1783, british lost war in the south and united states of america was created and is independent from the britain colonies.