The Final Battles of the Northwest Rebellion/Resistance

The Final Battle of the Northwest Rebellion/Resistance

The group of Cree led by Chief Big Bear joined the North-west Rebellion of 1885. As the group of Cree’s were heading towards the Frenchman’s Butte, they seized food and supplies from the white settlers and they captured Fort Pitt taking prisoners. Major-General Thomas Bland Strange, a retired British Officer gathered about a 1000 men. He left some of his force members to protect the white settlers while he led the rest east to Fort Pitt. The Cree however, burnt down the Fort before General Strange and his men got there.

General Strange’s troop fought skirmished with small groups of Cree. They then walked to Frenchman’s Butte where the Cree dug in at the top of a hill east to the butte and waited. During the morning of May.28th, the group of Cree split up; half of the group was led by Big Bear while the other half stayed there to protect the camp.

About six in the morning, General Strange’s men arrived on the opposite side of the Cree. General Strange’s men started firing cannons at the Cree and the Cree responded by firing back at them. Some Canadian Troops were attempting to cross the valley but they were trapped. General Strange however, deployed his troop along the bottom of the valley. The firing continued for about three hours. Some of the Canadian troop got wounded, trenches got damaged and there were many holes on the hillside.

After all that damage, General Strange called Major Sam Steele to lead north and outnumber the Cree. When the Cree heard of the order they led the group along the top of the hill across from Steele and they started firing at them. Instead of the Major Steele’s men outnumbering the Cree, the Cree outnumbered them. Afraid of being attacked from behind, general Strange and his men withdrew and they left for Fort Pitt. The Cree’s also left later on that day.

The war was not over, the Canadian were looking for the Cree. Major Steele caught up with the Cree on Loon Lake on June 3rd, but the Cree fled after a few exchanging of fire. They finally found him on July 2 and they surrendered him. The other members of the group Cree either surrendered or they went somewhere else. The Big Bear’s surrender marked the last day of the North-west resistance.

References:

Frenchman's Butte

Lake Loon

Assignment 10- Letter /Diary from the Railway

For this assignment we are suppose to write a journal entry or a letter from a perspective of someone in the 1880's when Canada's most amazing Railway was being built. It can either be a point of view from a Chinese worker, family members, and other people involved in building the Railway. For more information on this assignment click here and here.

Dear Sung, 1882

How are you? How is our daughter? She is probably two years old by now, oh how I miss you and I haven't even seen our daughter. She is probably as pretty as you are, perfect skin, enormously beautiful eyes and a very adorable mouth. I won't be able to see her until all this railway business is over. I don't even enjoy being here, we don't get payed enough compared to how tough the job is and I have to tell you it wasn't worth the trip to come here all the way from China. I get payed $1.00 per day, it is hundred times better then what my wage was in china ($0.07) but the work is also hundred times harder here. I am however, hoping to earn enough money to buy a land back in China, but it is really hard to save up because I need money to pay for my food, clothes, shelter, strong boots, taxes and the shovel I use for work. During the three months of winter when the work came to a standstill, they didn't pay us. So it is extremely hard to save up.

The work we do here is really hard and we have to be extra careful around the dynamite. People can easily die if they were not careful around it. Like a week or two ago, an Englishmen forgot that he was beside the dynamite and he shook the ashes out of his pipe. He unfortunately died with a few of my friends. Luckily, my job was no where near there. Actually my job is to move the rocks out from where they want to built the tracks. I grew muscles from doing this job, something I was trying to have since I was twelve and finally, I accomplish it.

Here everyone is so rude to me and all my other Chinese friends, whenever we pass by them, they stare at us as if we are some clowns doing a show. Last night as I was walking to my room, five Englishmen tripped me to the ground and were insulting me in every possible way. They insulted the types of food we eat, our height, and many other things. It hurt me really badly, I felt like killing myself. I mean I have never been insulted in that way.

Well enough of what happened here, I want to tell you some of my dreams for the future. I have earned $600 since I started working here but you know what i was only able to save up like $80 because I spend the rest on my needs. To make this railway it will probably take us like 3 or more years because our goal is to make a railway that stretches from Vancouver to Montreal and also several other major cities in a country which I don't think you have heard about but its called United States. We still have a long way despite the fact that there are so many workers and each worker works day and night. Hopefully it last for at least six more years because by then I will be able to earn enough to buy a land in either china or enough money to get you guys to come up here. If the railways are all built six years I might look for a job here or I can even start a business which you can also help me with. Here in Canada there are many beautiful sites such as mountains and lakes but there are hardly any people here. Since we are making the railways, life would be a lot easier because these railways will unify the country and so you can go around the country with no transportation problem. Do you think it will be a great idea to bring our little sweetheart up here. It might affect her life in many different ways as in she might not eat rice as much. You are gonna have to help me make my decision of what to do because i can have you enter this country, it cost $50 per person.

Take care my love.

P.S. If you write back sent a picture of my daughter, who i have not seen yet.

Love

Dong Yee

Interesting Information:

- After the Canadian Pacific Railway was built, the government gave them 25 million acres of free land but they did not thank them for all the hard work and effort the Chinese workers put into the Railway.

- About 5000 of the Chinese workers stayed in Canada after the completion of the railway because they could not afford to go back to China.

I got most of the information from the following sites and from a history book:

History of Chinese immigration.

Chinese Canadian Culture Online Project

Test Your New France Knowledge

I took a quiz on New France and it had some questions about some of the stuff I already knew about like " Who was Canada's first Adventurers" and they were some stuff that i never heard off or learned about such as "In addition to his search for the "western sea," what other occupation did Pierre de la Verendrtre hold.

After i finished the quiz I got 8 out of 10, which was better than what I thought I would get because the last time I learned about New France was in grade seven. By taking this quiz, I learned a lot that I didn't know about such as: When Thompson was done exploring, he put together an enormous map pf western Canada, a school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over the falls and survive, and Mina Hubbard was the first non-native woman to explore Labrador. From taking this quiz I learned many facts that i never knew or heard about, so take the quiz and discover the new facts you might learn about New France that you never knew.

Assignment 8 - The Real Riel

In this assignment, we are supposed to read about Louis Riel, the founder of Manitoba and a person who helped form Canada. In other words, most people see him as the father of Confederation. After we have gathered enough information about Louis Riel, we are supposed to try to feel how some people felt about Louis Riel, it can be negative or positive. We then write an imaginary interview with Louis Riel. Click Here for more information on this assignment. The setting for this interview is November 14th 2120.

AND NOW WE HAVE WITH US LIVE ON INFLUENTIAL HISTORY-MAKERS OF THE PAST LOUIS RIEL.

Host: Ladies and gentlemen, today is a new day with newer discoveries to make. On this wonderful morning we are lucky to have been able to bring Louis Riel here from the past to share some of the experiences he has gone throughout his life. Luckily we reached him two days before his execution. Now before, I call Louis Riel to come here on this stage, I would like to share some general information about him to give you a better understanding of who he is and why he is important to our history, particularly Manitoba's. Louis Riel was born on October 22nd, 1844 and he unfortunately passed away on November 16th, 1885. He is the oldest child of Louis Riel Sr. and Julie Lagimodière, who had eleven children in total. They were one of the well-respected French Canadian-Métis family. Now, give it up for LOUIS RIEL, (waiting for audience to settle down) who would probably give more accurate information about himself. (Louis walks onto stage, greeting the host). Louis Riel, its a pleasure to have you here.

Louis: The pleasure is all mine and I can really see the development Canada has gone through over the past century.

Host: (laughs) Of course, thanks to people such as yourself. Well, Mr. Riel today we have you here to tell us Canadians the actual truth about yourself and exactly what caused people to think what they are thinking about you right now. We will start with I guess your father. I heard that your father unfortunately died in 1864, how did that affect your life?

Louis: Wow, that's quiet sudden starting with my father's death. Anyways it affected my life because when I heard about my father's death, I started losing interest in the priesthood which gave me no choice but to withdraw from the college of Montreal. Afterward, I did try to continue my studies in the Grey Nuns but I was later asked to leave due to the fact that I basically had lack of both interest and discipline to the subject. Also because of the death my father, I started to work as a law clerk in the Montreal office of Rodolphe Laflamme . So, overall it affected my life as well as my career.

Host: Well, its tragic and I personally think that if I were in your shoes I would probably lose interest in priesthood too because from my experiences such shocks changes the way you think. Keep watching and we will be back after this short break.

Break in session for 5mins.

Host: Ok we're back with Louis Riel. So after your fathers death, you continued to stay in Montreal and there you found someone really special. I am sure that the audience and I will love to hear more about it.

Louis: I got involved in a relationship with the most amazing woman I had ever met named Julie Guermon. Julie and I decided that we should get married and we signed a marriage contract. So basically we were engaged but however, Julie's family were against her involvement with a metis and so our engagement was broken.

Host: Riel, when your engagement was broken due to their family not wanting Julie to be involved with metis, were you offended to that comment or decision?

Louis: In fact I was offended because they made such a quick judgement, they didn't even try to get to know us metis.

Host: After the incident with Julie, did you marry anyone else?

Louis Riel's Kids

Louis: Well, after having my heart broken by Julie, I never thought I would be interested in another women but I however, married another most amazing women name Marguerite. With her I had two children named Jean and Angelique and a third son who passed away at birth.

Host: Look at the bright side you were able to get over Julie and Marguerite must have been a very incredible woman. Anyways we will be back right after this short break keep watching.


Break in session for 5mins.

Host: Ok we are back. Now Mr. Riel this next question of mine has absolutely nothing to do with what we have been talking about. I heard that you were involved in the red river rebellion, what was your purpose or role there?

Louis: I had several roles in the Red river rebellion. These roles include: maintain peace in the settlement, preventing William McDougall from entering the settlement, being spokesmen of the Metis and there are several others that aren't as important.

Host: I have been wondering. Was your role able to end the rebellion?

Louis: To say the truth, my role had nothing to do with the end of the rebellion. Basically the rebellion ended as soon as I fled from the settlement due to the fact that most people thought that the only reason the expedition was coming was to arrest me because of Thomas Scott's execution.

Host: With all that events happening around you, did you get involved in any type of problems such as stress, depression and etc.

Louis: Yes, in fact I got involved in a continues stress which later made me suffer from mental exhaustion. As it got worse I was forced to go to a psychiatric hospital in Montreal and in Beauport (somewhere near Quebec).

Host: That is so terrible and so unexpected. I also heard that many people throughout Canada has different opinions about you. Some say that you were a father of Confederation while others thought you were a traitor and other such things. How do you feel about the way other people think about you? Do you agree or disagree with their opinions?

Thomas Scott

Louis: Well, all individuals have different opinions and you really can't blame them because its all about what they hear or read about. I maybe a traitor to some eyes because I basically shot Thomas Scott by agreeing to his execution. I however think that I shouldn't have been judged so fast because obviously I wouldn't have agreed to someones execution without reasons. To think of it, if I didn't kill Thomas Scott, he would probably gather with others and try to attack Fort Garry and kill many innocent people. So, I disagree with being called a traitor because the way others thought of me killing Thomas Scott was not the way I meant it. People thought that by killing Thomas Scott, I enraged anti-Catholic and anti-French sentiment in Ontario but I was actually trying to make people to take metis more seriously. As for the father of Confederation, I have to agree because I was responsible for the entrance of Manitoba into Confederation. So technically I agree and I also disagree with their opinions.

Host: We were just getting at the good part but we will be back after this really short break.

Break in session for 5mins.

Host: OK we are back. Now Louis are you ok you look a little uncomfortable. Don't worry we only have like 2 questions left. So here it goes if you were able to go back in time, what would you change and why? For example would you have not killed Thomas Scott.

Louis: Well, if I were able to go back in time which I can actually today since I am here from the past, I would probably not kill Thomas Scott. Instead I would put him under custody because part of the reason why the government did accept our will was because I killed Thomas. The second thing I would probably change is not to flee from the settlement and instead listen to their decision because I felt really bad leaving the metis side when they needed me the most as a spokesmen. Other than that I am actually proud of myself for accomplishing more than what I planned too. I mean, I am known as a father Confederation and hero to most people.

Thomas being executed

Host: Yes, you really are a true hero. Anyway, you execution is in two day, how do you feel about that?

Louis: I feel like I am being punished for no reason, well at least I think that I am being punished for no reason. The reason for that is because I thought that I did something that would help the people of metis and lessen the racism against them. I also think that I brought the concept that everyone needs human rights, no matter what race they are.

Host: It was a privilege to interview you but unfortunately we are running out of time, so I guess this is a bye.

Louis: The pleasure was all mine, never thought I would be able to see how this developed.

Host: (laughs) Watch me tomorrow to make even newer discoveries, same channel, same time, WATCH ME!

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Here are the websites I used for information:

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel
2. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/confederation/023001-2390-e.html
3.http://www.shsb.mb.ca/Riel/indexenglish.htm

Assignment #7- Canadian Personalities

For this assignment, we are supposed to read about different personalities from these categories: we fought, we inspired, we fought, we governed and we built, click here to read about these five categories. After reading about at least two people each section we are to answer questions. For more information visit Mrs. Pollock's blog at Canadian History.

Which category of Canadian Personalities interested you the most? Did you like the "we inspired", "we founded", "we fought", "we built" or "we governed" section the best? Why?
The category of Canadian Personalities that interested me the most was "we built." This section includes the following Canadians: Samuel De Champlain, David Thompson, James Bernard Harkin, Francis Rattenbury, and Jules Timmins. This section in particular interested me because Canadian with such personality has changed Canada in its physical appearance. They built hospital for the sick, schools for education, parks for little kids to play, map to helps us find our way, roads and railways for transportation and many more. If it weren't for these Canadian, there will be only the church for education and for health care, river for transportation and you wouldn't probably see much high buildings or museums and etc. also think that if it weren't for them we probably couldn't enjoy life like we do now because every fun activity needs a place of it own. I mean that if like to watch a movie in the theatre, there has to be a building where you can watch, or if you would want to play soccer with a group of friends then you would probably need a park with a field suitable for playing. Therefore, Canadians with such personalities has changed not only the physical appearance of Canada, but also the lives of our citizens.

Which personality interested you the most? Why? Find an image of him or her to embed (add to the body of your post) and write, in your own words, a short description of what he or she did and why he or she is your favourite. If you get information from any source, you must credit it by creating a link to it (that includes information from the site that I've asked you to look at).

The personalities that interested me the most was Francis Rattenbury who was born on October 11 in Yorkshire, England. Francis Rattenbury was an architect in England but most of his careers were spent in British Columbia in Canada. His career first started with an apprenticeship in 1884 to the Lockwood and Mawson Company in England. He however, left for Canada in 1891 where he arrived in Vancouver which was a new province of Canada.There in Vancouver, due to growing economic, social and political status, there were a lot of competition between architect's in building a new legislative building in Victoria. Francis Rattenbury entered the competition and he also won the competition. He worked really hard on the building in British Columbia which was officially open in 1898.The magnificent work he did on the buildings in British Columbia, Francis Rattenbury got many offers to built building of many types in Victoria and other parts of the province. He also worked for the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Grand Trunk pacific Railway, he designed hotels, stations for the GTP, Crystal Garden and he also built a lot of legislative. He however, wasn't as popular later in his life because he lost the competition to build the Saskatchewan Legislative Building. Due to the fact that Francis Rattenbury had no formal training in architecture, he was replaced by well-trained and better educated architects.Francis Rattenbury got murdered by his second wives lover, George Percey Stoner in 1935. Francis Rattenbury interested me the most was because he has made a lot of accomplishments in architecture despite the fact that he was not well-trained or well-educated. He has changed a lot in the appearance of Canada especially in the British Columbia.

In your post, suggest three more influential Canadian personalities that could be added to this site. Why did you choose these people? Which categories would they fit into? Link to information about each of them.

Three Influential Canadian Personalities:

Terry Fox: Terry Fox was born on July 28Th, 1958 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was known as a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist. Terry loved sports, he loved to run, play soccer but unfortunately he met with an accident which gave him sore right knee. He soon found out that he was diagnosed with "Osteosarcoma," a type of cancer and the only way to treat this was with an amputated leg. Three years after losing his leg, Terry decided to run from coast to coast to raise money for cancer research. He created the "marathon of Hope," hoping to get one dollar from each Canadian Citizen. He should be put in the Category "we fought" because he fought to save many others who were and are suffering from cancer, he gave up his life to save others. He truly is one of a kind.

Dr.Henry Norman Bethune- Norman Bethune was interested in medicine since childhood and has always wanted to be a doctor just like his grandfather was. During world war one, Norman Bethune was a stretcher bearer where he got wounded and was immediately sent home. After returning home, he got his medical degree from the University of Toronto. Throughout his life he has made a lot of accomplishments such as inventing over dozens of medical tools which includes the Bethune Rib Shears and the mobile blood transfusion unit. He also suggested that Canada should have a universal health care system and he helped china who was fighting japan in 1938. There in China, Norman Bethune taught the Chinese the medical skill needed in the hospital and in battle. Unfortunately he died while saving a Chinese soldier without wearing gloves and he caught an infection. I think that Norman Bethune should belong in two of the categories, " we fought," and "we found." I think that he belongs in we fought because he fought to save the lives of the soldiers and one day he gave up his live for those soldiers. I also think he belongs in the category we found because he found or rather invented many medical tools that helps many doctors to cure sicknesses.

Henry Richard- Henri was born near Ste. Genevieve Manitoba. Henri was conscripted into the Canadian Army on February 11Th 1943, he was only conscripted for home service unless he had any interest in volunteering to go overseas. As a home service he was however assigned to go to Kiska, Alaska to fight the Japanese. He however, got dispatched for Europe during the spring of 1944. On August 8Th, 1944 where he finds on a battlefield in France. Due to the fact that the Germans were undefeatable, Henri was one of the soldiers who dies on August 28Th 1944. I think that Henri belongs in the category "we fought" because he was one of those Canadian who sacrificed so much. just so that the future generations could live in peace. Henri is truly one of Canada's heroes.

**** Mystery History Maker Match Up Game

7. Go back to your post and answer the following question:
d.) Which History-Maker did you have the most in common with? Were you able to figure it out from the clues given? What do you share with that person? What are some things that are different between you and that person?

Clues
-I had one sister and two brothers. My parents died when i was only eight

-I spoke English but my original rules of basketball have been translated into dozens of languages.

-I was pressured to call my new game "Naismithball," but i prefer to call it basketball.

-I earned degrees in philosophy, physical education, medicine and theology

-I belonged to many sports teams, the university choir, the debating team, and the literary society.

- I travelled and lived in many parts of Canada and the United States, I served in France during the first world war.

- I believed in building character through sports and education.

- School and streets have been named after me

-The Naismith Memorial Basketball hall if fame bears my name

- Athletic awards are given in my honour

-Postage stamps and coins have celebrated my inventions

The history-maker that I had most common with was James Naismith. James Naismith was born on November 6, 1861. He was known as the inventor of the sport basketball, played by 300 million people from all over the world. Throughout his life, James Naismith has coached in several schools, universities and etc. He wrote the original rulebook of basketball and he was also credited for introducing the first football helmet. He was also the founder of the University of Kansas basketball program. James Naismith has many athletic awards that are given in his honour. James Naismith was inducted into the Canadian Basketball of Fame, the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, the Ontario Sports Legends Hall of Fame, the McGill University Sports Hall of Fame, the Kansas State Sports Hall of Fame and the FIBA Hall of fame. James Naismith's Quote " I decided that the only satisfaction that I would ever derive from life was to help my fellow beings ."

Things we have in Common:

-we both believe in building character through sports and education

-we both have more than one siblings

-we both love the sport basketball

Thing that are different:

- James Naismith has two brothers and I don't have any brothers

- He got his degree for theology, medicine, physical education, philosophy and I am only in grade eight. Although I am planning to get my degree in medicine.

- Many athletic awards are given in his honour

8. Think long and hard about this part and then post an answer to this question on your blog:
e.) One hundred years from now, (in 2109!) imagine that students are learning about Canadian History Makers and they discover you. What will you be remembered for? How were you a Canadian History Maker? You are using your imagination, so think about some things that you would like to accomplish in your life and imagine that you have all the accomplishments of your life to look back on. Write a short profile of yourself, imagining the contributions you have made to the future of Canada. (Write this as though you've lived your whole life. You may have been a phenomenal athlete, the first black Prime Minister, cured cancer...use your imagination!)

Froher Ahmadi was born in 1995. She was credited for finding cure to many diseases that has killed many people around the world. These diseases include: Influenza, Lupus Erythematosus, Polio, Ebola, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Asthma, Cancer, and the Common Cold. The diseases listed above were once incurable once upon a time and they killed more than 1 million people. She was not interested in Medicine but that however changed when Froher saw many innocent kids from Africa dying from such diseases. Ever since she has realized that, she has been working on cures to these diseases till the day she died. Throughout her life, she has saved millions and millions of people. She has also given hope to many people whose loved ones are suffering from such diseases. Another thing that Froher is well-known for is her famous Fashion Company which was and still is one of the top business running. Froher used most of the money she got from her Company on Charity and for fundraisers. That also changed many people's life in areas such as Africa. She received a Nobel prize for each of the diseases she found a cure for. She however, got many prizes for curing Cancer because after many researches done by other scientists, we finally succeeded thanks to Froher Ahmadi, a genius in curing diseases.

" If you persevere and not give up you will be able to reach your goal."

Assignment #6

As most of you if not all might know that February is Black History Month. During this month we remember the important people and events in the history of the Africans. In this assignment, we have to pick an African-Canadian and write about who he/she was and what contributions they made to the Canadian society and the World. Visit Canadian History for more information of what the assignment is about.

Lincoln Macaulay Alexander, a lawyer, parliamentarian, public servant, and served as the 24Th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario from 1985 to 1991. He was born on January 21, 1922 in Toronto, Ontario, his parents were originated from the West Indians and are immigrants to Canada. During the second world war, Lincoln Alexander served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. A few years later in 1953, he graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. After getting his law degree, Alexander practiced law and went into politics as Conservative MP for Hamilton West in the 1968. He was also the first Black Canadian to sit in the house of common. In 1979 he became the minister of labour in the Clark government but a year later he left the elected office to become the chairman of the Ontario Worker's Compensation Board. He however, become the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Lincoln Alexander made a lot of contribution in the Canadian society and maybe the world. As a Lieutenant Governor, he was able to take a role in the multicultural affair in Ontario and he was able to bring attention toward education and youth issues. He was also known as an active spokesman on race relations and veterans' issues. He has accomplished so much throughout his life.

Interesting facts:

-There are three school named after him: Lincoln Alexander Public School, and Lincoln M. Alexander Secondary School.

- The Government of Ontario also created a Lincoln M. Alexander Award to reward Ontarians who have demonstrated exemplary leadership in the elimination of racial discrimination.

For more information visit Lincoln M. Alexander and Lincoln Alexander

Its Freezing Here!!!

Canada has extremely cold winters but, we deal with this problem by wearing gloves or mittens to keep our hands warm, heavy coats to keep our upper part of our body warm, hats to keep our heads warm, boots to keep our feet dry from snow and snow pants or ski pants to keep our legs warm. We also wear lots and lots of layers of clothes under our jacket. We put on all that just to keep warm and we have heaters at our houses. Think about how Europeans settlers, vikings, and Aboriginal people survived Canada's dreadful winters.

The Aboriginal people, vikings and European settlers are all considered as immigrants to Canada. The Aboriginals were the first to find Canada and the first ones to settle there. It is believed that Aboriginals arrived from Asia about 30 000 years ago by way over of a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska after the last ice age. When they reached Canada they all spread across Canada forming colonies such as the Huron, Algonquian and etc. Vikings were however the second to arrive to Canada but they did not make permanent settlements. They stayed in Lance aux Meadow for about 25-30 years and most of them went back to there homeland. Europeans were the last ones to settle in Canada but not the last immigrant in Canada. After the vikings, European Explorers from England, France, and Spain came to Canada. They did not expect to find new land, they set sail to the west just to find silks, spices and other Asian goods. After awhile, the countries were competing over new land. Each country sent people to claim the land and possibly start a settlement there. That's how immigrants started coming to Canada.

As the new area opened for settlement, most settlers were facing some serious problems. These problems include:

- building houses
- providing themselves with basic needs
- diseases/ viruses such as cholera and smallpox
- COLD WEATHER

The cold weather and diseases were probably the main and serious problem they had. To begin with, diseases wiped up a lot of European and aboriginal populations. Due to the weather which most Europeans were unprepared for led them to lack of food and water. It also led them to a disease called scurvy which killed most Europeans. To face all these hardships and problems the aboriginals helped them a lot. If it weren't for the Aboriginals, the Europeans wouldn't have fur for clothes to keep them warm during winter, a cure for scurvy, and probably some really good hunting areas to hunt for food. The Aboriginals survived by using what the environment provided them with, such as:

- wood from trees for houses
- animals such as buffaloes for food and clothing.
- water from lakes/rivers to drink.
- the soil to grow vegetables, wheat for bread, barley, and oats.

The Europeans also farmed and grew most of there food, they traded with the aboriginals which provided with other needs.

Immigrants decided to leave their homeland and move to Canada, they even probably decided to stay there despite the cold weather because of the following reasons:

-They were not allowed freedom of worship.
-The government had control over their way of life.
-Men were forced to serve in the army.
-There were no jobs or the jobs were low-paying jobs.
-Many were poor and barely made enough to survive.
-Farmers wanted to own their own land.
-Cities were overcrowded, dirty and polluted.

Some of the reasons listed above are some of the reasons why my parents decided to move to Canada. First of all, the country we used to live in had a lot of crimes going on such as kidnapping. Second of all, people there did not have as much human rights as they should have. Third of all, my parents wanted their children to have better education.

My family and I were totally new to snow and cold temperature. In the country I used to live in had snow but the chances were once or twice in three years. We actually didn't face a lot of hardship because we had other family members living in Canada and they told us about the cold. So we were sort of prepared for upcoming hardships we may face. Therefore, the dreadful winter in Canada did not effect my family and most of the immigrants because of the technology we have right now and also because we are aware of what we may face. Unlike the Europeans who were not only unprepared but they had no experience of the cold. In other words, they were unaware.
Three new information i learned from this assignment:
From the http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premierescommunautes/jeunesse/021013-2051.6-e.html I learned that " Even tough life was hard in New France, it was way better than what they would expect in France". I also learned exactly why there is a lot of immigrants in Canada from the following site, http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premierescommunautes/jeunesse/021013-2051.6-e.html




href="http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/history&people/aboriginals.html">http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/history&people/aboriginals.html

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premierescommunautes/jeunesse/021013-2051.6-e.html

Assignment #4-Linking Back to Peers

While reading some of my classmates blog about what they think will happen in the future, I thought they were fascinating and interesting. They all had unique ideas about what they think the future would be like. I personally enjoyed Helena's blog because while other people wrote about the different types of technology, Helena went further. She wrote about racism which is a huge problem right now in 2009. She wrote"First of all, I think that there would be less racism, even though there is not too much now, and all the governments, or at least most, would be successful and would know how to take care of their country. I think this because since Obama is black, and his plans are brilliant, and he will be running the #1 trade country in the world, presidents (and prime-ministers) of other countries will look up to him, not care that he's black, and follow his foot-steps, and so, racism will be less, and countries will be better at fixing their problems."I also think that her blog was straight forward and easy to read. Visit Helena's blog.

The second blog I enjoyed the most was Sarah's because like Helena she also had some unique ideas. She wrote about the fashion of the past and the future and what she thinks would be next in fashion in the future. Her blog was also unique because she added pictures which can help most people understand the text. She also wrote about school which was prettty cool, she wrote "I think Schools will teach differently because the things we have to learn in school has changed from pioneers times( they only learned reading, writing and arithmetic) and it has also changed from when my parents went to school.One night I asked my parents if they got a math question i had trouble with and they couldn't help me because the way the teachers though students was different than now a days, so that concludes way i think the ways of learning could change in the next 100 years. " Check out Sarah's blog.

There are other blogs about the future that are high quality like Sarah's and Helena's visit: Allyson's blog, Shukria's blog, and Sandra's blog.

History of 2109

A lot of interesting and exciting events has happened in Canada as centuries went by, some of which that were almost unpredictable in their time. For instance, no one would have ever predicted that one day we would reach moon. As I looked back to some of these accomplishments I began to think of what we might achieve in the future that would not only impact us but also the environment, population, and politics.


I predict that in 2109, our environment will be destroyed due to all our carelessness, pollution and littering. I also think that the types of animals that live here in Canada will be extinct in the future because of Global warming caused by pollutions from factories, carbon dioxide from rotting trees, the burning of coals, and water vapour. The most harmful is natural gasses and fossil fuel from any transportation vehicle travelling into the atmosphere because both natural gas and fossil fuel leads to methane. Due to all the affects global warming is causing us most scientists are trying to find ways to prevent it. Some of which might be vehicles that don't need gas or oil, or they will invent flying cars that won't need gas instead they use rechargeable battery.


I think that there will be an increase in population in Canada because scientists have found a cure for some diseases and cancers and in the future they might find cures to almost all of them. This will prevent most people from dying from diseases and cancer. Maybe the population will grow so much they will have to put a limit to the amount of kids each couple should have. Since the scientists discovered that we might even be able to live on mars because of its similarity to Earth. If the population increases, we might have to live on mars.


I think that in the future politics could change immensely. First of all, maybe a 14 year old or even younger can become the prime minister because we won't have to use our brains we just have to rely on technology to do the job. Second of all, if there is an election, both citizens and immigrants can vote. Third of all, kids can vote.


Since we have a lot of technologies right now in 2009, I think that we might have ten times more technology which would make human life easier. We might even be able to make babies using only the DNA of the parents, houses under water, robots as pets, and maybe even electonic houses containing all the safety you need.



Check out Christopher Moore's Blog on Canada's past.

Welcome to Froher's history Blog

Welcome to my blog, I am a grade 8 student in a 7/8 class in Ottawa. In history class we are learning and writing about Canadian history online. I am really excited because I have never done something like this before. I hope that you enjoy and learn something from my blogs and feel free to comment or respond to my blog.


You have to check Mrs. Pollocks Blog...it is totally cool- historypollock.blogspot