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Title: Arrival in Canada


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Arrival in Canada
  • The Hordes of Europe
  • Notes 1

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New France Territory
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Why Europe wanted to expand their empires
  • Economics
  • Europeans set up colonies so they could claim the
    resources of the land for themselves
  • Competition
  • The more colonies a country controlled, the more
    power and prestige it had
  • Religion
  • Christian groups wanted to send missionaries
    around world to spread their version of religion
  • Technology
  • New technologies/improvements in navigation
    helped open the world

4
Map of Viking Expansion
5
The site of early Viking colonization in L'anse
aux Meadows in the north-westernmost corner of
the island of Newfoundland about 1,000 AD
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A. Arrival in Canada
  • First Settlers
  • Europeans began arriving in Canada as early as
    the 11th C.
  • Leif Eriksson settled Vineland (Newfoundland)
    about 1000 AD at LAnse aux Meadows
  • Only authenticated Viking settlement in North
    America
  • Further exploration of Canada delayed 400 years
  • European countries returned late 1500s looking
    for shortcut to Asia
  • England, France and Spain
  • Seeking riches such as gold and spices

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  • Early Native Contact
  • Vikings and later European colonial countries
    made contact with local native populations
  • Reason for exploration
  • By end of 1400s, England, Spain, France looking
    west for routes to Asia to complete with Portugal
  • Columbus discovered North America for the
    Europeans
  • Size of continent unknown and surprising to
    Europe
  • North American Riches
  • Size of NA major obstacle to western route to
    Asia
  • provided Europe with other riches like furs, fish
    and raw resources
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