HIS312H1 Lecture Notes - Foreign Protestants
Document Summary
Lecture 1: migration and colonization in early canada. Colonization of canada by france and england. From when european settlers came to canada up until the british conquest in 1760. Throughout this whole period, immigration was small. Inclusion of newfoundland -- canada at the time only referred to settlements along th st. lawrence"s. Immigrants from europe and some from africa. Ships" captains having to report to authorities, what they were inmporting to the colonies -- goods and people. These records help us find out exactly how many came and on what ships. A great majority of immigrants were poor, non-educated, and who couldn"t write letters so we don"t have letters to go on very much, even if we have a few of them. News quickly got around that spaniards had done well getting gold in the new world so other states became interested in enhancing their own wealth. As it turned out, gold was not found but fish was.
