The explorers that partook in the great challenge of discovering what is now Canada, is a fascinating and appealing topic for Canadian Historians. This essay will examine the lives of Jacques Cartier, Henry Hudson, William Stuart, George Vancouver, and Sir Horatio Thomas Austin, who were all Canadian explorers. The themes that are compared for each individual are areas of discovery, First Nation contact, and life longevity and cause of death. Within the discussion, biographies of each explorers will be found in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, and the final source will be J.M Bumsted’s book, A History of the Canadian People. This Research Project will include a Graphic Analysis and an Essay. In the Graphic Analysis, the comparison …show more content…
Although, Hudson’s whereabouts before 1607 are unknown, historians can still analysis the life events during the known time of Hudson existence. Between 1607 and the year Hudson died, 1611, Bumsted identifies three major event. The first of these events occurred in 1608 when Quebec gained the resident buildings by Samuel de Champlin. Champlin established a new trading post on the St. Lawrence and during the first year of building the new habitations, it went under attack. Fortunately, the post lasted and in the progress, Champlin associated with the First Nations; however, this led the French into violence against the Iroquois. During the same year, the outline of the arrangement to colonize New France started. Second, in Newfoundland, the first English incomers settled in Newfoundland in 1610. The arrival of the Europeans impacted the First Nations people greatly. The impact that the diseases, such as measles, smallpox, typus, and typiod, altered the lives of the First Nations people; Before the Europeans brought these disease to the continent of what is now Canada, the First Nations people were not immune to them and it caused tremendous damage to their communities. And finally, Frobisher’s voyage to the Northwest Passage inspired the great explorer, Henry Hudson. Within Bumsted, it mentions that Hudson was hired to explore the passage to Asia and in the progress he ended entering the Hudson Bay. Bumsted also mentions that the exploration that Hudson sailed was exceptional and it his search was a best known voyage In comparison to Bumsted, Henry Hudson’s biography references that he missed no prospect of landmarks on Quebec and the Diggs Island into the Hudson Bay itself. The biography mentions that Hudson succeeded in setting the further north record on his voyage, but the search for the Northeast Passage was not successful. Furthermore, when studying the biography of Henry
Henry Hudson wanted to do the job that he was hired to do and make sure that he found what he was supposed to be looking for. Although Hudson was not capable of making his dreams a reality, without him, New York City may not have been founded for who knows how much longer. Also, due to his discovery of the Hudson Bay, Hudson is considered to be someone crucial to the founding of Canada. Actually, when Hudson discovered the Hudson Bay he believed it to be a passage into the Pacific. This is because the Hudson is large enough to create tidal waves. Even though some people think that Hudson is a failure, because he never found a faster water route to Asia, he was seen as a very respectable and smart navigator. His ships always made it back safe to the people that invested in his voyages and now there are more bodies of water named after him than any other person to have ever lived .
The introduction of the book introduces a firm background of European expeditions as well as French and British skirmishes. The introduction also introduces
A body stirred by wanderlust can find themselves in places beyond the scope of their imagination and with ideas stretched broader than all that humanity has ever conceived. Their eclectic flow of thoughts and the adventures they have sought all intertwine together to form something that all explorers have in common. The two founding“fathers” of the continent of North America are no exception. Captain John Smith and Samuel de Champlain, two men stirred by wanderlust, never met each other, and yet the extent of their wanderings altered maps, permitted religious freedom, and changed the routes of the many travelers who were to follow in their footsteps. Samuel de Champlain and the Captain John Smith’s childhoods correlated in many ways and then
Before the Europeans came to Canada, Natives had their own culture, traditions and norms. These differences were obvious to the Europeans who sailed to Canada, their interactions with the Native peoples proved these vast differences. One major difference noted was that the Iroquois organized their societies on different lines than did the patrilineal western Europeans. Iroquois women “by virtue of her functions as wife and mother, exercised an influence but little short of despotic, not only in the wigwam but also around the council fire.” “She indeed possessed and exercised all civil and political power and authority. The country, the land, the fields with their harvests and fruits belonged to her … her plans and wishes modeled the policy and inspired the decisions of council.” The Europeans were astounded by this way of life.
History outlines the role that different people played in the establishment of the present-day America. In the British North America, several men were engaged in the exploration of the land with some of them end up being termed as heroes in the long run. The activities which they were involved in during that time influenced the way the region came to be through personal attributes or even exploiting the native groups to ensure that they either benefited their country or themselves eventually. Most of the men were involved in the leadership of various groups, and their roles made an impact that even in the present day can be appreciated by all in the society. The history of the world is but the biography of great men who were also part of the America's history (Carlyle, 1993).
This report is on Lewis and Clark's adventure through the United States. On May 14,1803 William Clark and nearly four dozen other men met up with Meriwether Lewis on May 20. The Lewis and Clark
The introduction of the Dutch to North America happened by chance, as they were attempting to locate a passage to Asia. Henry Hudson, an English sea captain working for the Dutch came across the island of Manhattan in 1609 and sailed north on a river for 150 miles, later the Dutch established a trading post along this river called Fort Nassau, later Fort Orange, North America, the inclusion of New Amsterdam into the Dutch trading empire, as its capital allowed them to solidify their standing as a trading entity. This allowed the Native
The Salisbury Essay’s main purpose for being written was to show the reader how the certain patterns of the early Natives of North America shaped the continent into what it is today. Before the contact of Europeans, the Natives were a very intelligent and organize group of individuals that started trading goods and riches before the Europeans ever thought they could be able to. Archaeologists believe that the first main group of Natives that started all of the beginning patterns of the Natives and even 10 thousand years before Columbus landed was the Cahokia Indians.
Many people in America know of the historical expedition of Lewis and Clark, but only a few know of the expedition to California led by Jedediah Smith. This expedition took place after Thomas Jefferson signed the papers to acquire a huge region in the west through the Louisiana Purchase. After this expansion many people were eager to explore the west and among those was Jedediah Smith. From his childhood, Smith dreamed one day of exploring the unknown west part of the United States. He once said, "I wanted to be the first to view a country on which the eyes of a white man had never gazed and to follow the course of rivers that run through a new land." In 1824, Jedediah Smith began formulating his famous California expedition that
Since the colonization of Canada First Nations people have been discriminated against and assimilated into the new culture of Canada through policies created by the government. Policies created had the intentions of improving the Aboriginal people’s standard of living and increasing their opportunities. Mainly in the past hundred years in Canadian Society, policies and government implemented actions such as; Residential schools, the Indian Act, and reserve systems have resulted in extinguishing native culture, teachings, and pride. Policies towards the treatment of Aboriginal Canadians has decreased their opportunities and standard of living because of policies specified previously (Residential schools, the Indian Act, and reservation systems).
The Native Americans, at the time of the first encounter, were still very culturally and socially primitive compared to the Europeans. They moved a lot, lived mainly of fishing and hunting, spent their time cultivating and used primitive tools and equipment in their daily activities.
Henry Hudson was an English explorer, who sailed along the North East coast of North American. His early life is unknown, for there is not even a record of the year he was born. His final days are a mystery, after his mutinous crew set him adrift in the bay that bears his name, June 1611. It is believed that he could have been the grandson of a London alderman who helped found the Muscovy Company, which is a trading company. Hudson took four voyages beginning in 1607 and continued to1611, making claims for the English and the Dutch. At one point, he was arrested for working with the Dutch, because in those days working for another country was considered treason. Hudson was also known as the grandfather of the English whaling
The Aboriginal peoples of Canada had gone through many situations to get to where they are today with their education system. Pain, sorrow, doubt, and hope are all feelings brought to mind when thinking about the history and the future of Aboriginal education. By taking a look at the past, anyone can see that the right to education for Aboriginal peoples has been fought about as early as the 1870s. This is still is a pressing issue today. Elder teachings, residential, reserve and post-secondary schools have all been concerning events of the past as well as the present. Though education has improved for the Aboriginal peoples of Canada, there are still many concerns and needs of reconciliation for the past to improve the future.
The Canadian native aboriginals are the original indigenous settlers of North Canada in Canada. They are made up of the Inuit, Metis and the First nation. Through archeological evidence old crow flats seem to the earliest known settlement sites for the aboriginals. Other archeological evidence reveals the following characteristics of the Aboriginal culture: ceremonial architecture, permanent settlement, agriculture and complex social hierarchy. A number of treaties and laws have been enacted amongst the First nation and European immigrants throughout Canada. For instance the Aboriginal self-government right was a step to assimilate them in Canadian society. This allows for a chance to manage
In this essay I will be discussing the effects of colonialism and it’s and impact to not only the history and progression of Canada and its identity, but how it affected different groups in society. The colonization of First Nation people has giving Canada a historically greedy belligerent reputation. Various topics in relation to colonialism can be discussed in detail, but in regards to this essay, I will be specifically analyzing the relationship between the concept of colonialism and missing and murdered aboriginal women. The lack of knowledge and awareness of this topic is the main concern to why it is present in today’s society. In this essay, I will first define the concept of colonialism and how it really molded Canada’s appearance.