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

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Map of Viking Expansion
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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