In Medard Chouart Des Groseiliers' Shoes

   Des Groseilliers was very historically significant; he was an explorer and fur trader. He valued people’s freedom and individuality, and was very courageous. He opened Lakes Michigan and Superior to the fur trade and Jesuit missionaries. He joined up with the English and Pierre Radisson, and helped find the Hudson’s Bay Company.

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/medard-chouart-des-groseilliers/

Des Groseilliers was born in France in a town called Charly-sur-Marne. He moved to Quebec at the age of 23 as a young man. He married his first wife the daughter of Abraham Martin, Helene. Then later married his second wife the widowed step-sister of Pierre-Esprit Radisson, Marguerite Hayet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9dard_des_Groseilliers

http://mrluecksclasswiki.pbworks.com/w/page/21721182/Wisconsin%20Explorers

After Des Groseilliers trip to the west of Lake Huron he brought back 250 natives in 50 canoes. He discovered that the shore of Lake Superior was very rich in furs. He was told that the north and northwest of Lake Superior was only 7 days from the Hudson Bay by canoe. On his second voyage this time joined with his companion and brother-in-law Pierre Radisson they travelled to the south shore of Lake Superior to Chequamegon, Mille Lacs area of Wisconsin, and the north shore of Lake Superior near Pigeon River. On there way back, with there 60 canoes filled with rich furs, they were stopped and arrested for illegal trading and their furs were taken. Some French officials took the two men to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In 1682 Radisson and Charles Aubert de la Chesnaye formed the Compaignie du Nord or Compaignie du Baie D'Hudson and competed with the Hudson's Bay Company by trapping richer furs on James Bay which was northwest of the English post. Des Groseilliers and Radisson settled into the mouth of the Hayes River. The authorities had a big problem when the brother-in-laws reached Quebec. Sense France and English were at peace at the time. The Catholic Duke was the governor of the Hudson's Bay and later was about to be the king and rule the French Interest.

As you can tell Medard Chouart Des Groseilliers had to face many challenges in his career/his life. travelling from shore to shore on many ships and rowing in many canoes, he had to conquer the difficulties going on between the French and the English. Although he has treated the First Nations with as much respect as was possible. He did think that everyone was able to be free and live there own lives.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9dard_des_Groseilliers

Here's a link to a video with a lot of good information about Des Groseilliers, if you can make it without laughing at the audio will be very educated on the history of Medard Chouart Des Groseilliers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y38XsUHAWPw

The Royal Proclamation!

What is the Royal Proclamation?

The Royal Proclamation is a very important/well known event that happened in history. In 1763 to be exact. For those of you who don't know what the Royal Proclamation is it is a document that was signed to establish rules between the British, Yankees, France, and the First Nations.

This is a photo of The Royal Proclamation. (2009). The University in British Columbia. indigenous foundations. arts.ubc.ca.

http://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/home/government-policy/royal-proclamation-1763.html

How Did The Royal Proclamation Come About?

King George III was the person who came up with the idea of having a document that established guidelines for the European settlement. King George III was the British leader. The British King was a very greedy/selfish man along with the rest of his country. They all thought that they were better than everyone else so it was okay for them to boss the Yankees, France, and the First Nations around. After Britain won the Seven Years War King George III wanted to claim all of the British territory in North America.

Who Was Affected?

The British, Yankees, French and the First Nations were all affected. The British played the part of being the bully. The French, and the First Nations were the ones who were targeted by the bully. The Yankees weren't affected just involved. They were kind of the bi-standards who saw everything going on, but didn't care too much about it because they weren't involved. They were only involved because they wanted to see what they could get from the deal.

Who Were The Leaders?

Each country had a different leader, except for France. France did not have any leader. Their country just worked together to get through this at the time. The British ruler was King George III. William Hull was the Yankees Ruler. And the First Nations had Chief Pontiac.

Why Were The French Against The Royal Proclamation?

-Worried that they wouldn't have a religion (Roman Catholic)

-Boundaries around Quebec were limited

-Limited areas where they could trap

-Had to leave own land

-Loss of money

Why Were The First Nations Against The Royal Proclamation?

-Didn't want to lose land
-Didn't want to lose hunting/fishing areas

What Did They Do To Stop The British?

Nobody agreed with the British, but some groups were putting up a fight a little more than others. The group that put up the most fight was the First Nations.
The French just basically rolled over and died even though they didn't like what was happening. They let the British bully them. When the British said "jump", they said "how high". Every once in a while there would be a French family that tried to stand up for what they believed in, but then their land usually got burned down.
The Yankees were the group that didn't really get affected. All they did was sit back and see how they could get benefited by making deals between the French, and the First Nations people. They didn't care too much about what happened.

How Would It Be Different If The British Saw Things Through The First Nations or the Frenches eye's?

If the British saw things through the First Nations of the French's eyes then they wouldn't have tried to take away/destroy their land. If the British would have seen how important their land was to them they might have helped them maintain it. They could have helped with dressing game that they have killed, or with fishing, and the British also could have helped them gather. At the very least they would have left them alone, and let them do their own thing. If they saw how much they like the land they would have realized how much they relied on the land for their own food/income.

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The War of 1812

   The War of 1812 is the only war where Canada fought against the Americans. It was started  by the americans for several reasons, but mainly because they were mad at the British. And since the British in Europe were busy fighting another war, the Americans had to settle for the ones right above them, in what is now know as Canada.
   The war started when the American general, William Hull, invaded upper Canada with the force of 2000 men. They took over Sandwich (which today is Windsor, Ontario) but experience supply problems that forced then to retreat back to Fort Detroit. Sir Isaac Brock was the head of the British force at the time. He decided was best to launch his own attack instead of waiting for the Americans to come back. With his new ally Tecumseh, leader of the Shawnee people, Sir Isaac Brock invaded Fort Detroit.  The army of Canada had only 1300 men to the 2000 men fighting for the Americans, but the British and Native army still won. it was all thanks to Tecumseh and his people who surrounded the fort and let out terrifying battle cries, the Americans surrender and no blood was spilt.
   Several battles were fought after that in both British and American territory, like the Battle of Queenston Heights, the Battle of York, and The Battle of Lundy's Lane. Both sides had there share of victory, but all of this was ended with the final battle of the war, the Battle of Washington. Fallowing the Battle of Lundy's Lane, the British pushed forward to Washington and started fighting there. Furious at the Americans for burning our Parliament buildings in the Battle of York, the British got there revenge by winning the battle and burning down the Library of Congress, The Treasury Department, and the White House.
   The war came to a end with the treaty of Ghent. In the signing of the treaty, no one really won anything. Neither side made any political, territorial, or economic gains. iI was kind of like nothing happened. During the negotiation the British hoped for the area in the Ohio valley (south of the Great Lakes) for the First Nation peoples, but they never got it. As a precautionary action the British built the Rideau Canal. The purpose of it was to create an alternate transport route for Canadian forces in case of another war between Canada and the Americans. The Rideau Canal linked Kingston Ontario  to an inland port on Ottawa River. Today the Canal still exist.
   This event was very historically significant to northern North America. Like I said before, it was the only war to be fought between America and Canada. Luckily Canada won, so we have something to brag about. But what made the event so important was because of the fact that Canada stood up for itself and won without the aid of the Europeans. It showed that Canada was not weak and that we could do just as much as any other nation. That is why it is important, and that is why we learn about it in school.

war of 1812

 today in history class we learnt about the war of 1812. by reenacting the battles in class  Isaac brock was the leader of the defense of upper Canada. there was also Tecum seh he was the leader of the Shawnee people he allied with the British  in the war of 1812 there were many battles such as fort Detroit, queenston heights, York, Lundy's lane and the battle of Washington. the British won the battle of fort Detroit and queenston heights the Americans won the battle of York but the battle of Lundy's lane was uncertain who won because so many people died the battle of Washington was the last battle and the British one they signed a treaty call the treaty of Ghent in 1814 it ended the war between the British and American's  but they were still at war with the French. Veterans of the War of 1812.L. to r. - Col. Duggan, Rev. Geo. Ryerson, Wm. Roe, Jacob Snider, Dr. Jas. H. Richardson, Jos. Dennis, J. Woodall, Jas. ross, Col. Bridgford, Geo. Ridout. Photo taken Oct. 23rd, 1861. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/war-of-1812/

Major General Isaac Brock

This month's highlight in our Grade 11 history class, was our War of 1812 reenactment. This is the war that happened in the year of 1812 between the British (who also teamed up with the First nations) and the Yankees. Major General Isaac Brock was one of the main people involved in the British side of the war of 1812. He was a big part of the military, and the administer of upper "Canada" (what is now known as Ontario).  Isaac Brock was not the most levelheaded, polite person out there, he was recognized as an angry man who acted on those feelings of hatred. The passion in his anger may be what lead the British to the victory of the war.


At the start of the war, Isaac lead troops in to take over the American Fort Michilimackinac. To prepare for his next attack, Brock met with Tecumseh (the First Nations leader/representative) and made a deal to become allies. During the night of August 15, 1812 Tecumseh lead his army across the Detroit river, later being followed by Brock and his forces. Isaac wanted to lure them into the open to make them more vulnerable, but later Tecumseh got his men to make native calls really loud to make it sound like there were a lot more of them than there actually were. The Americans surrendered almost immediately. This led to the win for Brock in the Battle of Detroit. With the win came with an American fort, territory now known as Michigan, and a bunch of war supplies.


The Yankee army next invaded Queenston Heights on October 13, 1812. They took the gun battery, and Brock decided on a direct attack a.s.a.p., not thinking to wait for backup. During the Attack Brock was hit in the chest, killing him instantly. The Battle of Queenston Heights was the Major General's last fight.


War of 1812. (2011) Uploaded by RCGS/HDI/Parks Canada. Available online at: http://www.eighteentwelve.ca/?q=eng/Topic/16




Isaac Brock. (2016) Uploaded by Wikipedia. Available online at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Brock  

Check out this video on the Canadian side of the war of 1812: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QET4x2CzDOQ



The Battle of Queenston Heights

              

(Profile Picture) Sir Issac Brock. 2016. Archive. http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=2890414

John Davis

John Davis Born about 1550, died 1605. John Davis was a great explorer, had great skill in navigation with patience and careful work. He invented the Davis quadrant Davis invented the backstaff in 1595.  he went farther north than any explorer had gone before and mapped huge areas. This made it possible for later explores to go further. He lead several voyagers to discover the northwest passages and served as a pilot and caption on both Dutch and English vogues to the indies. David's life as a sailor and explore was dedicated to the service oh hid country and the science navigation in the best tradition Elizabethan seamanship. Davis seems to have commended the black dog against the Spanish armada and sailed with Thomas Cavendish on his last voyage in 1519, He also sailed with sir Walter Raleigh to Cádiz and to the azores. Davis had technical four voyages  First voyage Sunshine and moonshine. Second voyage sunshine moonshine, mermayde, and north starre. Third voyage Ellen, sunshine, and Elizabeth, His last ship was tiger. Davis had three ships named Ellen, sunshine and Elizabeth. two for fishing and one for exploring. He died on December 29, 1605 in a battle with Japanese pirates.




The connection with John Davis that we discussed in class are that he sailed three times to try and find the northwest passage. Although he failed to try and find it he went further north then any explorer had gone before and mapped huge areas. He also invented the Davis Quadrant, a tool used for measuring the position of the ship on the earth. We discussed that Davis invented the backstaff in 1995, a navigational tool to measure latitude, They would turn their backs to the sun and measure its shadows instead of having to look straight into the sun. Davis failed a lot trying to explore but it never stopped him, he failed 3 times trying to explore the Northwest Passage. What makes him a good explorer is that he is patient with his navigation and careful with his work. On his third voyage, Davis had three ships Ellen, sunshine and Elizabeth, His two ships sunshine and Elizabeth were only for fishing. He explored both sides of the Davis strait in Ellen and went as far north as 73 degrees north. First voyage Sunshine and moonshine. Second voyage sunshine moonshine, mermayde, and north starre. Third voyage Ellen, sunshine, and Elizabeth, His last ship was tiger.


This reminds me of  finding nemo, nemo and John Davis have similar things, in the movie finding nemo is all about adventure and exploring, nemo gets lost a lot as such Davis fails to explore places. Finding nemo is a good choice for this because I feel it relates to john Davis. finding nemo is all about trying find him and they explore the whole sea looking for that one thing which is nemo, they fail sometimes but in the end they end up finding him. John Davis explores the sea trying to find the northwest passage. He fails such as in finding nemo they fail a lot trying to find nemo.

The Pemmican Proclamtion/Wars

Today in class we learned about the Pemmican Proclamation and Wars. We learned that the Metis would make pemmican and trade it to North West Company for resources. The Selkirk Settlers were still getting used to the new world so they had many shortages of food and many poor crops. So trading for Pemmican was a good deal. The governor of the Selkirk colony banned all trade of food from Red River Valley. When this happened it hurt the trade for the Hudson Bay Company and the North West Company. This started a war because fur traders began raiding pemmican stores from the Metis. The Metis had blamed the settlers for raiding their pemmican stores and they began fighting. The settlers were threatened and their crops were destroyed along with their equipment. This reminds me of social studies in grade 5.

aboriginal peoples

In todays history class we learnt about aboriginal people and how they live. before europiens or  anyone discovered North America there were aboriginals. They were in Groups called tribes there were many different tribes and not one was the same they had different ways of life and world views. Canada had 6 different regions  artic,subarctic,plateau,Great Plains,northwest coast,woodlands tribes who lived in the same region had similar practices and ways to live. because of the surroundings and same animals so they hunted the same prey. The tribes spoke many different laungues but most are extincted there were 5 language groups that evolved  such as Cree,Dakota,ojibwe,Oji-Cree,dene.

Western Explorers

Jacques Cartier was a French Explorer of Breton who originally claimed what is now Canada for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of Saint Lawrence River.  Cartier set sail under a commission from the king, hoping to discover a western passage to the wealthy markets of Asia. In the words of the commission, he was to discover certain islands and lands where it is said that a great quantity of gold and other precious things are to be found. Jacques Cartier went to Canada three times, in 1534, 1535 and 1541. He is credited with being the first European discoverer of the St. Lawrence River and the first European to make a map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. He gave Canada its name, after he mistook the Mohawk word for village Kanata as the name of the whole land. Jacques Cartier was born in the area of St. Malo, in 1491. he got married in the 1520, but had no children with his wife. We have watched plenty other videos in class about the famous Western Explorers. we also watched the John A Macdonald movie on how the Royal Proclamation works with Jacques Cartier.


The connections that I have for the Western French explorer, Jacques Cartier and the points we have discussed in class are, I think in my own opinion that he is very brave and a unique explorer he traveled around Canada and discovered Canada in plenty of different provinces and city's. he lead three expeditions which is now Canada, he claimed all these lands that he has discovered for France. he was the one who named the original claim in France for North America.

In my own Opinion I think that he is related to or has connections with Samuel de Champlain another famous Explorer who discovered New France, Quebec city. When Jacques Cartier arrived in 1535, the site was called Stadacona by the Iroquois who lived there. When Champlain arrived it was Quebec, the Algonquin and Abenaki word for the narrow channel of the St. Lawrence, "the place where the river narrows". they both explored Canada and are very great explorers both are brave, and they both have explored Canada if it wasn't for them we wouldn't have the name Canada. Both Samuel de Champlain and Jacques Cartier were both leaders of there team, there peoples.
for and example that I know of the Movie Pirates of the Caribbean, is a great reference to this topic, in that movie they all travel the world to fight for eachothers land and all discover the same places. they all have leaders of the group and tribe.

The First Peoples

In todays class we learnt about the First People, their territories and languages. They had "6 Cultural Areas" they were Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, Plateau, Great Plains/Prairie, Northeastern Woodlands. Those who lived in the same geographic regions would often share cultural elements. They had 50 major languages and 12 distinct language families. The 5 langauge groups were Cree, Dakota, Ojibwe, Oji-Cree, Dene.