Unit 1

Early Canada



  Chapter 2 Summary

What characterized the societies and relationships of the Aboriginal and French peoples in early Canada?


Here are the questions you have studied in Chapter 2:

  1. Who were the key figures in the French exploration and settlement?
  2. How did Aboriginal groups and Europeans interact with each other?
  3. What was the effect of imperialism on the First Nations’ society?
  4. What kind of societies did the French colonists create in their North American colonies?

Figure 1.1 shows an organizer of key ideas studied in Chapter 2.