Chapter 8 interactions among community

Fist nations and Europeans

Europeans came to east coast in the 1500s, and depended on on first nations people to survive

the First Nations taught the europeans new thing like how to make maple syrup, and tea, they would also help them navigate the country

Europeans arrived in the west coast in 1774, and from then on many would trade with the first nation people

Peterborough's history of immigrants

ned a treaty to surrender the land to the government because he promised to give money to those who signed

The british government encouraged poor irish families to immigrate to canada

the settlers from britain and scotland worked to build a city

New Iceland

many people from iceland arrived in manitoba, in 1875

In 1897, the communities were opened homesteaders from other countries

Soon people from poland and Hungary settled in manitoba as well

European refugees

When World war 2 ended, there was a refugee crisis in Europe, they didn't have anywhere to live

Canada accepted them, and there were almost 250 000 people who arrived here between 1947 and 1962

Canada sponsored some of the immigrants who had no money