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

3. First Inhabitants Asians: The first Asians crossed over the Bering Strait in B.C. 1300 Vikings: arrive in Newfoundland in A.D. 1ooo, after discovering it while looking for Greenland. They came from Norway, Sweden and Denmark. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 2/24/Chief_George_and_daughter.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_o8vd6YjZSiM/SKCjWhyet_I/AAAAAAAAB P4/CKcJv67LG0s/s1600-h/viking.jpg

4. 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 http://www.teara.govt.nz/files/p2145atl.jpg British immigrants http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/2675046766_3779bf541d.jpg?v=0 French immigrants

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

6. Historical Events 1763- Treaty of Paris gives Canada to Great Britain 1931- Canada gains complete independence from Great Britain 1939- 1945- more than 1,000,000 Canadians serve in World War II; almost 100,000 died 1965- The current Canadian flag was adopted to show that it was only Canada

7. Citations Préfontaine, Ève. "The Settlement of Canada." Keys to History. Web. 24 Feb 2010.. Grabowski, John F. Modern Nations of the World: Canada. 1st ed. 3 vols. San Diego, CA: Lucent books, 1998. 96-103. Print. "Timeline: Canada." BBC. 11 Jan, 2010. Web. 25 Feb 2010..

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