Assignment #5

How early Canadians survived: One way the early Canadians survived was they thought about how bad the life in their homeland's were populated and crowded and the government almost had total control over the middle class or poorer people. They farmed alot when the weather permitted and hunted in the wind as they struggled not to die of starvation.

Some of the challenges early Canadians had to face due to the cold weather:In terms of diseases there were many bad ones such as cholera and smallpox that made hardships for the pioneers. The cold winter days went up to about minus thirty-five and they often died from diseases, starvation and things such as frostbite.

How early Canadians learned to deal with the extreme cold:Early Canadians learned to deal with the extreme cold in multiple ways : they wore warmer clothing, if the weather was extremely cold( about minus thirty they would be let into richer people houses to warm up. They tried to work very hard in the summer/spring/fall to store lots of food and firewood for the duration of the bitter cold winter ahead.

Find out why and how my family came to Canada:My father moved to Canada in 1992 to go to a good university.My mothers side of the family lived in Canada for hundred of years and where very poor up until my grandmother got an amazing education. They moved to Canada from England and France because of poverty the government and the bad way of life.

How my family learned to deal with the extreme cold: It was nothing new to them because they lived during the hard winters in France and England. The generations after they got used to the weather ever since birth and obviously hated the cold as myself and my friends do today.

Links to where I found my Info and 2 quotes: http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/settlers3.html from there: "Homesteaders had to produce their own food."

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006303
Quote from there: "As each new area of Canada was opened to European settlement, pioneers faced the difficult task of building homes and communities from the ground up."

http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_pioneer_homestead
Quote from here: "When the Pioneers first headed west, they had precious few possessions with them. "

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premierescommunautes/jeunesse/021013-2051.6-e.html
Quote from here: "Despite the fact that the Native peoples had been living, hunting, fishing and raising crops on the "new" continent for thousands of years, in the sixteenth century the French king claimed the land in New France belonged to France."

http://www.thecanadapage.org/Regions.htm
Quote from here: "Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia are all of Canada's Atlantic Provinces. This is the part of Canada that the European explorers first came to and began to set up settlements. This area is both rich in natural resources and history."