Wednesday, 25 September 2013

How did Native people occupy the territory before the arrival of the Europeans?

How did Native people occupy the territory before the arrival of the Europeans?

  • The first occupation of Quebec arrived many thousands of years before Europeans.
  • The Natives came between Asia and North America bridge.
  • It is know approximately 30 000 year after glaciation lower the water level.
  • Natives had arrived to Quebec 12 000 years ago.
  • The Iroquoians practiced a sedentary lifestyle and lived in villages with hundreds of inhabitants who periodically moved from one region to another.
  • The Algonquians were nomads, travelling in small groups according to the season.
  • They lived by hunting, gathering and fishing.
  • The Iroquoians nations settled down on the rich soil of the St. Lawrence Valley.
  • Their villages had 1500 to 2000 inhabitants.
  • The Algonquians nation lived mainly in the forests of the Canadian shield and the Appalachian mountains. 
  • The Inuit lived as nomads in the north of Quebec, around Hudson Bay and Ungava Bay.
  • The relationships Between Native people during the 16th century even though the Native population was spread out over a vast territory the different nations were in close contact with each other.
  • The Nations were regularly at war with each other.
  • The Iroquois and the Hurons were enemies.
  • The Iroquois also fought against the Innus, the Algonquians and the maliseets.
  • The French arrived in Canada and began colonization.
  • They bought changes in relationships between the nations by allying themselves with some and by coming into conflict with others.

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