The document provides a summary of the early colonial history of Canada. It details the arrival of the First Nations people over 12,000 years ago, and the Inuit tribe being granted the territory of Nunavut in 1999. It then discusses the early European explorers like the Norse and John Cabot who claimed land for England. France also established colonies in New France through explorers like Jacques Cartier and settlements like Quebec in 1608. Tensions grew between the French and British as they vied for control over the fur trade, leading to the French and Indian War in 1754 and Britain gaining control over French territories in the Treaty of Paris in 1763. The document traces the political and cultural divisions between French and English

1. History of Canada Notes Part One: European Colonization

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11. Samuel de Champlain