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WorksheetsThe British in North America
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who was the most famous soldier in New France who led French troops in several attempts to capture York Factory in Rupert’s land
Anthony Henday
Samuel Hearne
Walter Raleigh
Pierre le Moyne d’Iberville
A economic system that allowed an imperial country to become rich by selling the resources taken from its colonies
Beothuk
Mercantilism
The treaty of Urecht
Sovereignty
What was the land that king James 1 granted a monopoly to
Rupert’s land
Dene
Beothuk
What was the First Nation group that lived in Newfoundland before the British wiped them out
Beothuk
Dene
Mi’kmaq
What was the peace treaty between the British and French
The treaty of Beothuk
The treaty of Urecht
The treaty of Ronald Amundsen
Who invited the Siksika to trade at the Hudson’s bay company
Anthony Henday
Samuel Herne
Roald Amundsen
Walter Raleigh
Who was the first English explorer to try a build a colony in North America
Samuel Herne
Anthony Henday
Walter Raleigh
Roald Amundsen
A First Nations group that had a good relationship with the British
Beothuk
Dene
Who was the first European on the shore of the Arctic Ocean
Samuel Herne
Anthony Henday
Walter Raleigh
Ronald Amundsen
What Norwegian sailor, who was the first to sail the Northwest Passage
Samuel Herne
Anthony Henday
Walter Raleigh
Roald Amundsen
Henry Kelsey
Increased the flow of furs from the interior to the Hudson Bay posts
Knew the route to the Arctic
Explored the interior of Canada for the Hudson’s Bay Company
Worked for the British but was actually Italian
Who was John Cabot
Worked for the British but was actually Italian
Reached the shores or Newfoundland in 1497
Knew the route to the Arctic Ocean
Increase the flow of furs from the interior to the Hudson Bay posts
Who was Matonabbee
Was raised at a fur trading post
Worked for the British but was actually Italian
Knew the route to the Arctic Ocean
Explored the interior of Canada for the Hudson’s Bay company
Who was Anthony Henday
Suggested the Siksika adopted an economy of profit during the fur trade
Was raised at a fur trading post
Ventured far west into Canada to what is today, Red Deer, and tried to create an exclusive trade relationship with the Siksika
Knew the route to the Arctic Ocean
When the king of France signed the treaty of Urecht the French had to give the Britain
Acadia
New France
The Hudson’s bay
Nova Scotia
Pierre de Troyes was determined to lead Britain in taking the Hudson’s Bay company what did he capture for Britain
Rupert house
Moose factory
Albany factory
York factory
