Unit 1

Early Canada

  Activity

1. To help you learn the material from this chapter better, you are provided with a document called Chapter 3: The British in North America Notes.


2. The document follows the chapter and has fill-in-the-blank sentences with page numbers for you to find words to put in the blanks. This practice will help you learn this material better.


3. Download the document, Chapter 3: The British in North America Notes and fill in the blanks as you read the textbook pages given in the lessons for Chapter 3.
   
   Please save your work to a file on your desktop so you will have a copy to refer back to.


4. Click on one of the links provided to download the document. 
• You will then be able to view the Chapter 3: The British in North America Notes worksheet.




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5. Read pages 52 and 53 in your textbook. These pages explain the concept of mercantilism.
• Look at the diagram and painting of the British colony at Halifax and think about the questions asked in the “Think Ahead” section.


6. Read pages 55 to 57 of the textbook. These pages explain reasons Britain established the Thirteen Colonies.
• The chart on page 56 shows the flow of goods from the home country to the colonies.
• Page 57 shows a comparison chart of various reasons Britain and France had for colonizing North America.
• John Cabot was a famous explorer who founded what is now the province of Newfoundland.


7. Read pages 59 and 60 of the textbook that explain how the fisheries and fishing villages were established in Newfoundland.