HIS312H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Newfoundland English, Thirteen Colonies, French West Indies
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Migration to early canada: france and england colonize canada , european expansion, the st. lawrence valley, migrations, settlements, why so few settlers, acadia/nova scotia, newfoundland, the northwest. Immigration, 1500-1760: small, erratic immigration; scattered settlements, colonization of canada by france and england, established social norms france and canada (french & English: charter groups, early canada a label that was given to the vast majority of. Sources limited: missing = large numbers of testimonies/memoirs, a large majority of these people were illiterate, we have documents of governments that were apart of such organizations, documents from merchants who transported the immigrants. English colonies = the 13 states that were colonized. The st. lawrence valley ( canada"): explored 1530"s and claimed by france, short-lived attempts at settlements, first permanent colonial settlement at quebec", samuel de champlain, 1608, base for fur trade and missions to the aboriginal peoples, nucleus of settlement.