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1535 - correct answer ✔✔This was the year when the name "Canada" first came to signify the
land we know today. Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, misapplied the Iroquoian word he
learned, "Kanata" meaning village and used it to denote the country along the St. Lawrence
River. This was also the year in which Cartier reached the area now known as Montreal when he
entered the village of Hochelaga while in search of a route to China.
1608 - correct answer ✔✔This was the year that Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City.
Champlain erected two 3-story buildings with impressive structures. These made a strong
impression on the Montagnais who had never seen anything like this. Champlain also made
strong, respectful relations with the aboriginals during this time.
1642 - correct answer ✔✔This was the year in which Montreal was founded as "Ville-Marie" as
a missionary colony dedicated to the Virgin Mary by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and
Jeanne Mance. Ville Marie became a centre for the fur trade and French expansion into new
France until 1760 when it was surrendered to the British army.
1663 - correct answer ✔✔This was the year when the French Crown took over direct
responsibility for the colony of New France. France set out a governor, an intendant, and a
bishop to the colony to create order, security and be responsible for religious affairs as well. The
goal was to create a self-sustaining, agricultural colony which would export raw materials to
France rather than having their economy rely on the fur trade.
1713 - correct answer ✔✔Prior to this date, the French extended their influence into the
Hudson Bay regions and the area south of the Great Lakes. However, when the Treaty of Utrecht
ended the War of the Spanish Succession, the French had to pay their losses in Europe by giving
up possessions in North America, surrendering the Hudson Bay and Acadia as well as some
settlements in Newfoundland to the English. This was significant for it showed the French that
the Atlantic approaches to Canada had to be secured against the British.
, 1755 - correct answer ✔✔The first years of the French and Indian War went badly for the British
but they were able to capture two French outposts on the borderland of Nova Scotia and New
France, resulting in hostilities between the Acadians and the British. Therefore, when the
Acadians insisted on taking an oath that preserved their customary neutrality, the British
interpreted this as a hostile act, resulting in the governor and his council to deport the entire
Acadian population to the major port cities of the Thirteen Colonies. By doing this, the British
and New England forces removed settlers of doubtful loyalty and put them in laces far away
where they would be swallowed up by the majority. This deportation continued for almost a
decade.
1759/1760 - correct answer ✔✔This was the date of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
between the British Army led by General James Wolfe and the French Army. Due to Britain's
advanced army, the British were able to accomplish their goal of the capture of Quebec. While
in April 1760, the French attacked the British inflicting heavy losses, the British were victorious
overall as evident in the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
1763 - correct answer ✔✔This date signalled the end of the Seven Years War with the Treaty of
Paris, formally ending hostilities between the French and the British. This treaty demonstrated
how the French had lost ground in India, the Caribbean, and Canada. Although the British
offered to return Canada to France in exchange for the Caribbeans, the French declined for the
Caribbeans were more important financially due to sugar production. The French kept their
presence in Newfoundland, however, as the fishery was of greater strategic importance. This
resulted in the British to control the entire eastern half of North America. None of the
indigenous tribes were consulted after the British conquest.
1774 - correct answer ✔✔This was the date in which the Quebec Act was announced, designed
to alleviate the problems caused by the Royal proclamation. This act re-established the Roman
Catholic Church and restored the French form of civil law. For the Quebecers, this Act
represented an important recognition of their distinctive culture within the British Empire while
it denied the English speaking residents rights they expected as British subjects. The Thirteen
Colonies considered this law one of the Intolerable Acts as it recognized the Roman Catholic
Church and they saw it as a tool to secure a northern power base from which the British might
more effectively control America (as they denied them proper representative government),
resulting in open rebellion in 1775.
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1535 - correct answer ✔✔This was the year when the name "Canada" first came to signify the
land we know today. Jacques Cartier, a French explorer, misapplied the Iroquoian word he
learned, "Kanata" meaning village and used it to denote the country along the St. Lawrence
River. This was also the year in which Cartier reached the area now known as Montreal when he
entered the village of Hochelaga while in search of a route to China.
1608 - correct answer ✔✔This was the year that Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City.
Champlain erected two 3-story buildings with impressive structures. These made a strong
impression on the Montagnais who had never seen anything like this. Champlain also made
strong, respectful relations with the aboriginals during this time.
1642 - correct answer ✔✔This was the year in which Montreal was founded as "Ville-Marie" as
a missionary colony dedicated to the Virgin Mary by Paul de Chomedey de Maisonneuve and
Jeanne Mance. Ville Marie became a centre for the fur trade and French expansion into new
France until 1760 when it was surrendered to the British army.
1663 - correct answer ✔✔This was the year when the French Crown took over direct
responsibility for the colony of New France. France set out a governor, an intendant, and a
bishop to the colony to create order, security and be responsible for religious affairs as well. The
goal was to create a self-sustaining, agricultural colony which would export raw materials to
France rather than having their economy rely on the fur trade.
1713 - correct answer ✔✔Prior to this date, the French extended their influence into the
Hudson Bay regions and the area south of the Great Lakes. However, when the Treaty of Utrecht
ended the War of the Spanish Succession, the French had to pay their losses in Europe by giving
up possessions in North America, surrendering the Hudson Bay and Acadia as well as some
settlements in Newfoundland to the English. This was significant for it showed the French that
the Atlantic approaches to Canada had to be secured against the British.
, 1755 - correct answer ✔✔The first years of the French and Indian War went badly for the British
but they were able to capture two French outposts on the borderland of Nova Scotia and New
France, resulting in hostilities between the Acadians and the British. Therefore, when the
Acadians insisted on taking an oath that preserved their customary neutrality, the British
interpreted this as a hostile act, resulting in the governor and his council to deport the entire
Acadian population to the major port cities of the Thirteen Colonies. By doing this, the British
and New England forces removed settlers of doubtful loyalty and put them in laces far away
where they would be swallowed up by the majority. This deportation continued for almost a
decade.
1759/1760 - correct answer ✔✔This was the date of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham
between the British Army led by General James Wolfe and the French Army. Due to Britain's
advanced army, the British were able to accomplish their goal of the capture of Quebec. While
in April 1760, the French attacked the British inflicting heavy losses, the British were victorious
overall as evident in the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
1763 - correct answer ✔✔This date signalled the end of the Seven Years War with the Treaty of
Paris, formally ending hostilities between the French and the British. This treaty demonstrated
how the French had lost ground in India, the Caribbean, and Canada. Although the British
offered to return Canada to France in exchange for the Caribbeans, the French declined for the
Caribbeans were more important financially due to sugar production. The French kept their
presence in Newfoundland, however, as the fishery was of greater strategic importance. This
resulted in the British to control the entire eastern half of North America. None of the
indigenous tribes were consulted after the British conquest.
1774 - correct answer ✔✔This was the date in which the Quebec Act was announced, designed
to alleviate the problems caused by the Royal proclamation. This act re-established the Roman
Catholic Church and restored the French form of civil law. For the Quebecers, this Act
represented an important recognition of their distinctive culture within the British Empire while
it denied the English speaking residents rights they expected as British subjects. The Thirteen
Colonies considered this law one of the Intolerable Acts as it recognized the Roman Catholic
Church and they saw it as a tool to secure a northern power base from which the British might
more effectively control America (as they denied them proper representative government),
resulting in open rebellion in 1775.
