History- Chapter 1 and 2 Check-in

When was the Treaty or Utrecht established?

• 1700

• 1713

• 1718

• 2020

What is the Wabanaki Confederacy?

• Just the Mi'kmaq group of First Nations

• The French soldiers

• Five distinct groups of First Nations peoples who lived in Acadia

• British soldiers

What is a treaty?

What is disputed territory?

• Land that belongs to the British

• Land that belongs to the French

• Land where different groups are arguing and claiming ownership

• New France

What is imperialism?

• Extending a country's power and influence by creating colonies or conquering other countries

• Trading with as many countries as possible

• The fur trade

• Going to war with Britain

What was the fur trade? Why was it significant?

What did the coureur de bois do?

• A canoeist who transported furs

• French Canadian fur trader who travelled through forests

• Farmer in New France

• A successful French Canadian entrepreneur

Why was building forts in the 1700s so important to the French? Why was Fortress Louisbourg built?

Why were the French and the British fighting over the Ohio River Valley?

• It had the best farmland

• No one was settled there yet

• They both wanted control of the transportation route for trading

• The area had the highest population of beavers

Explain the Acadian Expulsion in your own words.