Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Laurentide Ice Sheet, Terra Nullius, Thule People
12 Feb 2018
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Historical geography of canada: 3 influential events that have shaped canada"s history, the arrival of the first people in north america, the colonization of north america by france and england, the influx of people from eastern europe. First contact with europeans: european explorers considered the new world (the western hemisphere terra nullius empty land. First contact between europeans and indigenous people occurred throughout north america from the late 1400s through the 1600s. Just before the first contact, there may have been as many as 500,000 indigenous people living in what is now canada: the indigenous population dropped by up to 80% as a result of battles and diseases brought by. The second people of canada: the second people were of french or british descent. French explorers established a settlement at quebec city in 1608: the area became known as new france and grew a population of 60 000 before the arrival of the.
