My First History of Canada

Chapters

• 1 The People in the Story (section start)
• 1.1 The Indians were the first Canadians
• 1.2 Glooscap: an Indian hero
• 1.3 The white men came from Europe.
• 2 How America Was Discovered Again (1400-1500) (section start)
• 2.1 Some people thought that the earth was a globe
• 2.2 Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492
• 2.3 John Cabot discovered Canada in 1497
• 3 How White Men Came to Live in Canada (1500-1600) (section start)
• 3.1 French fishermen found the way in
• 3.2 Jacques Cartier's men (1534)
• 3.3 Sir Humphrey Gilbert took Newfoundland (1583)
• 3.4 Sir Francis Drake took West Coast (1579)
• 4 At First Canada was All French (1600-1612) (section start)
• 4.1 Champlain reported on Canada
• 4.2 De Monts built Port Royal (1605)
• 4.3 Champlain built Quebec
• 4.4 John Guy built Cupids
• 4.5 Henry Hudson (1610)
• 5 The Settlers Worked Hard to Get a Start (1610-1642) (section start)
• 5.1 Champlain - fur trade trail
• 5.2 English took Acadia, French took her back
• 5.3 Quebec had first church
• 5.4 Father Joques
• 6 Both English and French Colonies Had to Fight for Their Lives (1612-1660) (section start)
• 6.1 Newfoundlanders fought pirates
• 6.2 Acadians fought each other
• 6.3 Good women built a school and hospital
• 6.4 Ville Marie
• 6.5 Iroquois killed the Hurons, Heroes saved Canada
• 7 Canada Began to Grow (1658-1672) (section start),Radisson and Groseilliers saved Canada's trade
• 7.2 Radisson and Groseilliers - Hudson Bay,Talon set Canada on her feet
• 7.4 The good coureurs worked for Canada,The Newfoundlanders fought the fishing admirals
• 7.6 Newcomers in Newfoundland,Canada Spread North, West, and South (1670-1690) (section start)
• 8.1 Talon took possession of North and West, Jolliet explored Mississippi River (1673)
• 8.3 Governor Frontenac made the Iroquois behave,La Salle took the South-west (1682)
• 8.5 Boy Kelsey discovered prairies (1690),The French Canadians Fought the Iroquois and the English for Canada (1660-1700)
• 9.1 Fight for Hudson Bay,The Wasp's nest,English won in Acadia (1690)
• 9.4 Frontenac saved Quebec for France,Madeleine of Vercheres
• 10 Peace and War (1700-1760) (section start),The Canadians enjoyed themselves
• 10.2 The Verendryes led Canada out across prairies, Newfoundlanders got a Governor
• 10.4 English built Halifax,Governor Lawrence exiled the Acadians,How the British won Canada
• 11 The French and the English Got on Well Together (1763-1795) (section start)
• 11.1 In Quebec they helped each other,Governor called the Acadians home
• 11.3 French and British Canadians become partners,English sailors explored west coast
• 12 The United Empire Loyalists Came to Canada (1775-1840) (section start)
• 12.1 English colonies became United States,New Brunswick created
• 12.3 Governor Haldimand help the Loyalists, Loyalists started Ontario
• 12.5 Canadians began to govern themselves
• 13 The Canadians Won the Relay Race to the Pacific Ocean (1750-1810) (section start)
• 13.1 Anthony Henday - Alberta,Peter Pond - Athabaska, Alexander Mackenzie won race
• 13.4 Simon Fraser won race, David Thompson lost race
• 14 Red River was the First Settlement in Western Canada (1811-1866) (section start)
• 14.1 Silver Chief and Red River,Nor'Westers tried to destroy Red River
• 14.3 2 companies unite as Hudson's Bay Company, Governor George Simpson
• 14.5 Enter British Columbia,The Pioneers (1815-1850) (section start)
• 15.1 Next came the Pioneers, The Pioneers had fun too, The Pioneers were great builders.
• 15.4 Canada got two new kinds of business, Bringing in the Prairies (1850-1885) (section start)
• 16.1 The People of the great plains, Canada sent the North West Mounted Police
• 16.3 The Canadians built the Canadian Pacific Railway
• 17 The Provinces United to Make our Canada (1850-1885) (section start)
• 17.1 Provinces were growing up, Provinces built schools and colleges
• 17.3 Assemblies make the Governors and Councils do what people wanted
• 17.4 Four of the provinces united to form the Dominion of Canada
• 17.5 Red River made her choice, The Metis rebellion, Gold! Gold on the Fraser!
• 18 The Eastern Provinces Went Into New Industries (1850-1895) (section start)
• 18.1 Nova Scotia went into Coal and Steel, Quebec led the way in mining
• 18.3 New Brunswick made new uses of her timber, PEI invented fox farming
• 18.5 Newfoundland found an iron mine and built a railway, Ontario had the first oil wells in Canada
• 19 The West Got New People (1870-1905) (section start)
• 19.1 First came the cowboys, The homesteaders, Missionaries gave the Indians a written language
• 19.4 New Canadians came from Europe, Wheat made Canada world famous, People kept on coming to Canada
• 19.7 Alberta and Saskatchewan became provinces, Canada in Three Wars (1900-1950) (section start)
• 20.1 Canadians helped Britain in the Boer War, After WWI Canada became a nation
• 20.3 Then came the Boom,Bush Pilots,Boom Burst,WWII
• 20.7 Years after the War, Newfoundland Joined Canada
• 21 Brining Canada's Story Up to the Present (1950-1960's) (section start)
• 21.1 A mari usque ad mare,Canada belongs to two big societies
• 21.3 Canada gets a flag and an anthem,Canada has a big birthday party
• 21.5 Canada develops her resources, Problems and opportunities
• 21.6