| A | B |
|---|
| Vikings | skilled craftsmen and daring seamen |
| Leif Ericson | discovered the North American continent |
| Christopher Columbus | the first modern explorer to discover the New World |
| John Cabot | the first modern explorer to read the North American mainland |
| Jacques Cartier | his explorations gave France a claim to Canada and opened the way for a valuable fur trade between the French and Indians |
| Samuel de Champlain | helped to build the first important French settlement in the New World in 1608: Quebec |
| New France | the French claims in the New World |
| Hudson's Bay Company | Canada's oldest business |
| 1763 | French and Indian War |
| Quebec Act of 1774 | the English granted the French settlers right to their own language, religion, and law. |
| Captain Cook and Captain Vancouver | explored and mapped the Pacific coast |
| 1867 | Dominion of Canada formed |
| 1931 | Canada was a self-governing member of the British Commonwealth |
