History of Canada

 History of Canada

When Europeans discovered Canada, all areas were dominated by indigenous peoples, and because the explorers thought they had reached the East Indies, they called the natives Indians. Some indigenous people lived by hunting and some by growing food crops. The Cree and Dene Indians hunted in the northwest, and the Sioux tribes lived with buffalo herds. The Inuit lived with the wildlife of the Arctic. War and conflict were common among the indigenous tribes of Canada for land and they competed with each other for resources and power.

With the arrival of Europeans, the lifestyle of the indigenous peoples changed completely. Many of them died due to diseases brought from Europe. However, over the course of 200 years, the indigenous people and the Europeans built the main foundations of Canada with strong economic, religious and military ties. In addition, the Icelandic Vikings, who had colonized Greenland about 1,000 years earlier, reached Labrador and Newfoundland.

Exploration of Canada began in earnest in 1497 with the voyage of John Cabot, who first mapped the east coast of Canada. Between 1534 and 1542, the French explorer Jacques Cartier claimed the land for the King of France. In 1550, Cartier chose the name Canada, based on an indigenous word (Kanata, meaning village), and the country's name appeared on maps.