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Unit 10 Research Paper

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Unit 10 was a closure for the previous four units in the process of inventing Canada. This unit based on the earliest resources on Canadian history and on the first nations whom lived in this country. This resources were about pre-Cartier and his explorations. Some nations, for example the people who lived in St. Lawrence valley – whom did not have a specific name to be called at- and historians still lacking enough evidence on their existence or what happened with them. These people who are identified as St. Lawrence Iroquoians were lived in the contact area which means the conquerors reached them first. The Iroquoians were exposed to all the dangers Europeans carried into the native lands, different types of diseases they were not immune …show more content…

In the lectures notes there are many different names for Canada and how peopled called the country or referred as to. The sources however, are all arguing a different origin for the name. In the late 19th century W. M. Beauchamp stated that Canada, considering the Mohawks language, meant nothing else but 'the Country on the Banks of the River'. (1) However, before Beauchamp A. Marshall Eliot argued that the name Cartier gave to Canada had anything to do with the word Kanata. (2) After all the statements and researches the origin of the name is unknown, because every nation and language had their own word and meaning with it for Canada.
Reading the lecture notes and the sources it is certain to me that the history we have for Canada is very brief, and we are unsure of many things, because of the lack of information and sources from the 15th century and up. It is really hard to write a fulfilling and detailed historical analysis on something what is so unclear. Deficiency in legitimate records lead to different views on history and because the records Europeans wrote were not always clear on the groups they made contact with, so it is hard to made one straight forward

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