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1 Colonies that were claimed by Britain. They were along the eastern coast of U.S.A. All the colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence. It existed from 1607 to 1776.
2 It was signed in 1713 and granted temporary peace between French and British. It also gave areas around the Hudson Bay, Newfoundland, and Acadia back to the British. It allowed the French to keep certain fishing rights in Newfoundland.
3 In English it is "runners of the woods." They were guides and interpreters for French traders since they learned the First Nation language. They also got into the fur trade because of the promise of freedom, money, and adventure.
4 This man travelled to find a faster way to Asia. Like most explorers, he failed, but he met up with the Mi'kmaq nation along the shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They started trading furs with them. Later he met with the Haudenosaunee and kidnapped the leader.
5 When a home country takes control of another colony or makes a colony. The home country ships settlers and soldiers to the place, and the colony ships resources such as fish, lumber, and metal ores
6 He was a British explorer who got sent by King Henry VII to find a shorter passage to Asia. He reached Newfoundland in 1497 and claimed it. He also found a lot of fish. Soon, fishing fleets from Europe came there.
7 He was the chief of Stadacona until May, 1536. In May, 1536 he got captured by Jacques Cartier along with his two sons, Domagaya and Taignoagny.
8 It was granted by King Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company. It consists of most of Western and Northern Canada. It was used to fur trade by the HBC, and it was really successful. Three years later, the HBC had to pay $1.5 million since the land was so large. It was the largest real estate transaction (by land area) in the country's history.
9 The most powerful member of the Sovereign Council. He was the king's representative and was usually an army officer and a noble. He took charge of the defence of the colony and of its relations with allies and enemies
10 When a person owns something and then gives it to someone else in return for something else. For example, King Henry IV granted a fur trading one after Samuel de Champlain and Pierre de Monts discovered Acadia.
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