Grade 3: Early Settlers

What did Early Settlers use for light at night?

• Light bulbs

• Candles and Oil Lamps

• Flashlights

Why did the first settlers choose to live near lakes and rivers?

• Because they needed water for drinking, cooking and washing.

• Because they needed water for their crops and animals.

• There were no roads and so they travelled through the rivers and lakes by boat.

• All of the above.

Who were the Black Loyalists?

• People that travelled to Canada from Ireland.

• The slaves that British government offered freedom to for fighting in the American Revolutionary War.

• The people that travelled from Scotland due to the shortage of food and failing potato crops.

• None of the above.

Where did the French Settlers settle?

• Newfoundland

• Ontario

• Near the St. Lawrence River

• Britich Columbia

In the 1840s a huge wave of poor Irish people came to Canada to escape a famine. Their potato crops failed for several years which caused people to starve.

• True

• False