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Where is there a Viking settlement in Canada? |
Newfoundland, L Anse aux meadows |
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What is a letters patent |
A open document issued by a monarch or government conferring a patent or other right Made explorers able to have the right to have control over an area of land |
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What resource did John Cabot exploit in North america |
Cod and fish |
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What city did Champlain create and when? |
Quebec in 1608 |
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What area did Jacques Cartier sail to |
St Lawrence river |
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What valuable resource did Cartier bring back to Europe |
Spices and gold |
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What does The Coureurs de Bois mean and what do they do? |
Means Runners of the forest They role was to trade and transport furs between native posts |
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What were the filles du roi? |
Young women sent to New France for men to marry |
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What were the filles du roi? |
Young women sent to New France for men to marry |
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Describe mercantilism |
An empire would develop multiple colonies to increase their overall wealth by forcing those colonies to trade with the mother country |