Canada History By, Sarah Dunn, Timmy Thompson, Sam Lombardo

First Inhabitants Asians: The first Asians crossed over the Bering Strait in B.C Vikings: arrive in Newfoundland in A.D. 1ooo, after discovering it while looking for Greenland. They came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. 2/24/Chief_George_and_daughter.jpg P4/CKcJv67LG0s/s1600-h/viking.jpg

Settlers French: The French arrived in the 1600’s over the Atlantic Ocean and founded New France British: The British arrived in the 1600’s and took political control in 1763 and the number of English- speaking people rose in Canada afterward British immigrants French immigrants

Push and Pull Factors Pull: Fishing, minerals, timber, transportation corridors Push: Weather, frozen land, transportation barriers

Historical Events Treaty of Paris gives Canada to Great Britain Canada gains complete independence from Great Britain more than 1,000,000 Canadians serve in World War II; almost 100,000 died The current Canadian flag was adopted to show that it was only Canada

Citations Préfontaine, Ève. "The Settlement of Canada." Keys to History. Web. 24 Feb Grabowski, John F. Modern Nations of the World: Canada. 1st ed. 3 vols. San Diego, CA: Lucent books, Print. "Timeline: Canada." BBC. 11 Jan, Web. 25 Feb

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