Who founded Quebec City in 1608, establishing a key permanent French settlement?, Jacques Cartier, Samuel de Champlain, John Cabot, Louis XIV, The seigneurial system, a form of land division, was used by which group of early settlers along the St. Lawrence River?, British Loyalists, Irish immigrants, French colonists, Scandinavian Vikings, The fur trade, dominated for a long time by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) and the North West Company (NWC), centered on the pelts of which animal?, Beaver, Bear, Wolf, Moose, What deadly disease, accidentally brought by European settlers, devastated many Indigenous populations?, Chickenpox, The Flu, Smallpox, Ebola, After the American Revolution, British Loyalists fled to Canada, with a large group settling in what is now which province?, BC, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Stocia, The Red River Settlement, a notable early agricultural community, was established in what is now which Canadian province?, Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, PEI, Which group of settlers were formerly enslaved Black people who were granted land in Nova Scotia by the British in the late 18th century?, Mennonites, Black Loyalists, Icelandic immigrants, Huguenots, Why did many early settlers build their communities near lakes and rivers?, The soil was better for farming., It was a more direct route to the sea., The bodies of water provided transportation and a source of drinking water., They preferred the scenery., What was the name for the long, narrow strips of land that backed onto the St. Lawrence River under the French seigneurial system?, Townships, Reserves, Concesssions, Seigneury lots, What is a key motivation for European explorers coming to the "New World"?, Discovering the Rocky Mountain, Inventing Fishing Nets, Finding the Northwest Passage to Asia, Creating peanut butter

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