Population and Settlement French Regime: Canada's Colonization by the French

   While the Natives were in the North American region, the French started to have an open mind to expand their territory, especially since there was a huge rivalry with England. Though England was reigning over the monarchy of power, France was trying to find a northwest passage that could lead to Asia. Then after a while they couldn't find a passage, they still were trying ways to "get rich quick." Then when they started to fix their eyes on the West. They took New France (Canada) as their new territory. They took it as if it was theirs because the Natives were considered as beasts who needed saving then as people.

   Then, from the start of the 17th century, the settlement of the French became permanent and the first European settlement that was successful. Samuel de Champlain, the prime minister of New France, started to make connections with some of Natives. One of them was the Amerindians who were trading in the St. Lawrence River through the narrow streams. Thus came the name "Quebec" came from the Amerindian word meaning narrow. Then Champlain sent Sieur de Laviolette to make a second settlement to flourish the nation of New France while stopping the Iroquois from stopping their trades. Then another pioneer settler for the French named Paul Chomedey, Sieur de Maisonneuve, started another settlement. It started out as a way to reach out to Amerindians, but then throughout the years it became a major trading post.

   France had a few ties with the Native people. Their alliances were made with Innu, Algonquians, the Abenaki, and the Hurons. Because of that, the Iroquois Five Nations declared war against them. Seeing how it only caused more blood then benefits, they signed a a treaty called The Great Peace of Montreal. Thus it caused New France to be more secure. Ever since the French came, the Native people started to get all sorts of diseases. One of the most tragic records because of the French's disease was when more than half of the Huron population people was eradicated.

   As I have said in the first paragraph, they considered the Native people as beasts. They've even tried to assimilate the people and make them have the same type of governing laws as they did. Even though they had an alliance they never bothered to ask them for any form of opinion on anything. They've even made purchases of territories with Native people in them with regarding their presence. Thus the population of New France in Canada started to expand, but it all came with a price.

How The Native People Occupied The Territory Before The Europeans' Arrival

The Native People's Entrance.

• Came about 30, 000 years ago.
• Some spread out throughout.
• Different types of people came different ways.

The Native People In Upper North.

• There was about 25,000
• Iroquoians lived in St. Lawrence Valley. About 1,500 to 2,000 inhabitants
• Algonquians lived in Canadian Shield and Appalachian Mountains. Very few people.
• Inuits lived as nomads around the Hudson and Ungava Bay. Very few as well.

Relationship Between Native People

• Though they lived everywhere, they were very close with each other.
• They had many trading relations
• There was many conflict between each other.
• They've caused a lot of damage to each other.

My Response To The Charter

   Personally, I think that it's a very bold and dumb thing to do. Quebec is already inhabited with many ethnic and religious cultures. It's insane to just turn it all around in just one day. I mean, they might as well turn it into a communist country! There are so many people who believe in different things and wear the symbols of who they serve proudly. I don't know if it's for the economy problems or whatnot, but I feel like they either rushed this through, or cause a religious war.

   This reminds of the George Zimmerman case. As soon as he was "proven" guilty, there were riots everywhere. Especially in the ebony community. Even though it was a barbaric moment, it displayed the emotion of how they felt about the case. In relation to this subject. I have a feeling that something like that will happen, actually even worse. Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, etc, will truly make a huge mark in all worldwide history. The effects of the charter will be very severe. It'll probably cause a huge riot in that could damage the economy and province itself.

   I have three point in how it'll affect Quebec destructively. The first one is economically. There are many different races who take up many places in the jobs of Quebec, and they usually represent something to show who or what they represent. Once that charter becomes effective, many people can and will leave. The jobs that used to be occupied by different religious people will be gone. How will the economy will stable if the people that helped make the money disappear? Quebec will no longer have a stable way of taking of their land and will end up bankrupt.

   My second point is cultural wise. Before different nations came over, Quebec used to be just a one-people nation. Even most of the Indians gave in to the white people's ways. But ever since people from other nations came, Quebec became one of the most cultural place ever, filled with Asians, Africans, Spanish, and so much more. But that charter has now put a barrier to its cultural development. In other words, it's degrading. The flavor that spiced up the Quebec society will now die because of that charter. The French law in schools is already causing trouble for the people. But now I believe that it'll be the last straw. Because they're not able to express their religious freedom. They'll either revolt or just disperse from the land. It'll no longer be a colorful place. It'll just be a dull. French area.

   My last point is provincially. Why do I say that? Because in this day and age the majority of people are of different nation. There's at LEAST mixes from the Quebec people and other nations. They were raised with the family's views. Once you take away what they know, Quebec will lose itself. People will no longer want to live in place they can't represent who or what they serve. Quebec will truly lose itself. There will no longer be immigrants who will want to live there.

   That's my response to this ridiculous act. Even IF they've thought of it millions of times, they didn't think about it enough. Because they WILL lose people twice as fast it took for the dwellers in the 16th and 17th century to gain.

Here are some of the links that responded to this stupidity.
1. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/17/top-10-responses-to-quebec-s-charter-of-values.html
2. http://www.thestar.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editors/2013/09/14/quebecs_charter_of_values.html
3. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/rest-canada-wrong-quebec-values-charter-165553414.html
4. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/pq-minister-says-quebec-values-charter-won-t-183121463.html
5. http://globalnews.ca/news/829961/new-slogan-seems-to-take-on-quebec-charter-of-values/

Adventurers and Mystics

   In this video we see the many great accomplishments and disasters that took place in New France (later Canada). I can see the similarity with the Aztecs and Spanish when Hernan Cortes discovered Mexico. Captain Cortes was ordered by the king of Spain to go to the New World. His famous discovery was when he arrived at Mexico with his men. When they arrived there, he saw that not only were there people, but there was immeasurable amounts of gold and jewels. The people over there, the Aztecs, saw him as a god-king and worshiped him. They started having a type of relationship that involved beneficial acts for everyone. Captain Cortes feared that they would betray him so he kidnapped their leader, Moctezuma II, and asked for a bounty. Later on, they rebelled and attack the Spanish. It triggered one of the most infamous massacres recorded in history. This massacre caused the extinction of this nation as the Spaniards slaughtered everyone of them. Thus, Captain Cortes became the governor of now called Mexico. There's been many coup d'états and betrayal for the power and greed. The lust for power came and rushed through their veins as each person Captain Cortes was in battle with. It ended up causing more bloodshed. Hernan Cortes truly had such a terrible life. Though he was wealthy, it all came with a price that he had to pay.

When The World Began Part 7

   In this video, this reminds me of the time when slavery was a very popular thing in the United States. Though most slavers were cruel and mean to their slaves, there were a few who were kindhearted and gentle. Like the slaver, Dr. King Schultz. in the movie Django Unchained. Though he was at first a slave, they became partners, then they became like brothers. Although in the movie Dr. Schultz gets killed and Django goes out in a killing spree, it just shows that at the end of the day people can change. The relationship that used to be from slave to master, turned to be from father to son or brother to brother.

When The World Began Part 6

   In this video you see that the French were truly dysfunctional people. In Transformers, you have the Decepticons who were acting as the good guys with the rich people in the company, promising them riches and success if they follow them. However, even though they received great resources in Earth, they still wanted to abolish and destroy this planet, making it their own. They were deceiving others and saying just do this and that, and everything will be fine. But at the end of the day, it was all just to get the land that they wanted.

When The World Began Part 5

   This part of the story I can see it as the famous Marvel comic X-Men. The normal humans come to the Professor X's Institute and see the new things over there. They check out the school and see how the mutants are like them, but they have different abilities. They took some of them to the army and to the normal side of the human society to see what they are and to explore the new world. However, they soon got to be afraid of the mutants and tried to even use them as weapons. So they even try to put spies in the school to study the place and its people. Now there was a conflict, a distrust in the midst of the people. It lead to an all out extermination of all the mutants.

When The World Began Part 4

   This video was like an introduction to the Europeans, and how they would cope with the Native Americans. It is very similar to the history of the United States. They came into a land that was already occupied with people. Though some of the Europeans were loving and kind to the Indians, most of them either killed, robbed, or manipulated them. It was truly a sad and bloody story because of the greed of the "White" men that history was FILLED with war. Though they claimed that it was the land that God gave them, their way of owning the land was cruel and almost caused an extinction of the Natives.

When The World Began Part 3

   In this video, it explained mainly the ways of the warriors and their art of respect and honor. For example, during the time in World War II, there was definitely prisoners of war. Let's say the Japanese army captured an American solider. He would be put through many tortures to see if he'd spill anything out about his country. The solider must stay strong and not reveal anything to the enemy. He must display of an act of courage, even if it means death. If he doesn't give them what they want, they kill him. When War's done, they do a huge ceremony for everyone who died, especially those who were killed by torture. They receive an honorary burial and respectable grave.

When The World Began Part 2

   For this video it explained the story of the Blackfoot Indians and their religion. Their religion and story of their "origin" of the men and women is actually similar to the Creation from God. How He made everything perfect. How He breathed into man from the ground and came life. Besides the point when their god called Nappi said that he did a mistake with the men and women, it was almost a similarity and very creative.

When The World Began Part 1

   In the first video, settlers from Europe wanted to know how the Native Americans came to North America. This could relate to the fictional story of Superman. He came from Krypton, an unknown planet that's galaxies away. When he came, people from his story wanted to know who was he. They tried to figure out where he came from and what was his origin. They even tried to find his planet, realizing that it was destroyed. They started wondering and later realizing that Earth wasn't the only planet with life. They figured out that there's such thing as aliens. They just don't know how.

Social and Cultural Aspects common to All Native Societies

   Like I said in my first paragraph, the Aboriginals and Native Americans had mostly different dialects, not really languages. In a way they understood each other and thus lived together peacefully. Socially they were really friendly. They would consider each tribe they've tied with as brothers. Culturally, they all don't have the same thing, but overall it's pretty much the same thing. The men and women's roles were the same as the laws and rules in their land. Each one has their own way of making their land unique. That's why their cultures were unique but also in a common ground.

Cultural Consequences of Encounters With Europeans

   When the Europeans came to the land of the Native Americans and Aboriginals, it caused a big cultural problem. Though some came for peace and to coexist in the land, there was too much a background difference for the both of them. The Europeans cut down trees to make houses, while the Native Americans preserve trees as they consider part of the natures beautiful assets. The Europeans hunt with guns, while the Native Americans hunt with spears, arrows, and darts. The difference in the cultures was too much. The Europeans came to ta point they sought to take over the land by using manipulation then force.

Roles of Me and Women in Iroquoian and Algonquin Society

   The men were pretty much the providers of the land. They were the ones who did the hard labor and and supplied the food for the family, They hunted and fished whatever they find that is in their culture. They were also the leaders of the clan that was appointed by the Clan Mother. Even though the men have the power, women were the ones who really ruled the land. As I mentioned earlier, the Clan Mother was the one who appointed the chief of the clan. She could also revoke his leadership if he wasn't abiding in the correct standards. The women were the one who chose their men. They took care of the house chores. They played a very big important role in the village.

World View of Native People

   When the French saw the people for the first time, they thought of them as savages and wild beasts. At that time, the Native Americans and Aboriginals were viewed as just disgusting creatures. They were viewed as people with no ethics and culture. Some have even called them demons of the land. The world of those people were very harsh, but it wasn't all true. They were really civilized and peaceful people. They consider life and everything in it precious. They don't take war as a habit but as a last resort. The stereotypes in those times were very harsh because of what they saw.

Linguistic Families and Territories

   The people in the 1500's of Quebec were Aboriginals and Native Americans. They were composed of different tribes and bands. The languages were more like dialects. Each tribe and/or family had their own way of communicating. The way they've divided their communities is actually unique. Since they first came to the land of Canada, they just settled into whatever land they chose and made it their home. Even though there are just different dialects, you could say in a way they were familiarized with each other. History doesn't really have a specific date and how they got their. Through observation they saw that most likely, they crossed the Bering Strait. Though they were called savages, they were actually a pretty civilized people, for their primitive knowledge.