In 1779 Sir Alexander Mackenzie (Fur trader and explorer) reaches Canada. Mackenzie was one of the first European explorer to cross North America. He had a lot of part in the North West Company with trading. Later in his life Mackenzie would go on to do many things one being his trips to the oceans in 1789 he made it to the Arctic Ocean and in 1793 he made to the Pacific Ocean. Mackenzie also wrote a book called “Voyages from Montreal to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans”. He also has a river named after him called the Mackenzie River and a park named after him called Sir Alexander Mackenzie Provincial Park. He also has a statue near the parliament buildings in Ottawa. Alexander Mackenzie is important to Canada because he was one of the first
(59). Living with Jefferson the two learn of the British explorer Alexander Mackenzie’s trip to the pacific by land across Canada. Later that year Jefferson would send an expedition of his own, Meriwether Lewis being the head of it. Lewis recruits a personal friend, William Clark, to be second on the team known as the Corps of Discovery.
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer who founded most of what is known today as Canada. Samuel de Champlain is primarily known for founding the city of Québec in the year 1608, and for exploring and mapping the Great Lakes as well. After establishing the city of Québec, Champlain realized that he needed to protect his new founded city, which required a military alliance to fight the Iroquois, which was accomplished. Later returning to North America continuing his exploration of the St. Lawrence River. Years later King Louis XIII ordered Champlain back to Québec to act as its administrator, which effectively ended Champlain’s exploration of the St. Lawrence River.
Reign of Trudeau Canada has 23 different Prime Minsters that was in charge of Canada since 1871, but all of these men did not have a positive effect on Canada, while they were in office. Pierre Elliot Trudeau, the 15th Prime Minster of Canada was an exception. For 15 years of being Prime Minster, Trudeau was a great Prime Minster because he united a country which was historically divided and ushered it in a unique bilingually identity. During his time in the office, Trudeau made great advancements in social, political and cultural spheres of Canada.
There are two major people that played a huge part in this exploration, John White and Sir Walter Raleigh. John White and Walter Raleigh are both from British descent and both worked for the queen. John White had a
“Saskatchewan’s favourite politician, ‘father of the Medicare’ Tommy Douglas, is among 11 Canadians who were recently inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame”(Wharry,1998,p.211). Tommy Douglas, who was known for his creation of Medicare, devoted himself into creating a promising future for Canada. There is no doubt that he is the greatest Canadian. Michael Shevell stated in his article(2012) that Tommy Douglas was born in Scotland in 1904.
From the Indian tribes who lived in Canada and surrounding areas, who caught and killed the animals for their fur to individual men who worked for HBC in the early years. Henry Kelsey, an apprentice who joined HBC in 1677 made the first journey into the prairie in 1690. Alexander Mackenize, who later was knighted, was the most, famous fur trader of this day. Mackenize pushed the trade boundaries further westward. Many of his trade expeditions were historical achievements: in 1789 he traveled 1,600 miles and back in 102 days, and 1793 he crossed the Rocky Mountains and reached the Pacific Ocean.
Examples of this include decriminalizing homosexual acts, attempting to heal relations with first nation people, and passing “The Charter of Rights and Freedoms”. Inspiring- Few leaders can compare to Trudeau when it comes to being inspiring. He was one of the most powerful speakers this country had ever seen and had countless fans as a result; this phenomenon was even dubbed “Trudeaumania”. In addition, he was voted Canada’s most inspirational figure in a recent online poll.
Christopher Columbus as we know is the historical person credited for the discovery of the New World. Zheng He was a Hui-Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who commanded voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, and East Africa. Each men and their fleets had two completely different reason for their travel. Christopher Columbus purpose was to find a new trade way to the Asian countries. Zheng He's purpose was to enlarge empires control of seaway trade.
Before Indians had been living there long before Columbus came and even before that Vikings had sailed Greenland and Newfoundland in the 11th century. Christopher Columbus started a new surge in exploration after he went on his expeditions. Columbus’s explorations also took a huge toll on the natives who lived there. They brought diseases that killed off many of the indians and they also had a huge impact on the environment. They started to extract natural resources from the earth.
Pierre Trudeau is definitely one of Canada’s most successful Prime Ministers. He was able to bring Canada together by implementing the Official Language Act resolving the October Crisis and repatriating, creating Canadian Constitution and the Charter of Rights and Freedom. Pierre Trudeau was born in Montreal on October 18, 1919. He was raised in a wealthy Montreal suburb of Outremont. As he growing up he and his sibling spoke both French and English.
Lewis & Clark Expedition (June 20, 1803): Jefferson charters the Lewis and Clark expedition—led by his personal secretary, Meriwether Lewis—to survey the new Louisiana Territory, establish friendly relations with the American Indian tribes living inland, and search for a Northwest Passage allowing easy travel to the Pacific. This event lead to finding a water passage that helped the U.S with trading goods
William Lyon Mackenzie King, a man of glory, forever changed Canada’s constitution during the tumultuous nineteenth century and resolved all difficulties Canada faced on its way to becoming a strong, independent, and autonomous nation. His contributions and sanctions targeted all factors at the time and had interrelated effects on the construction of Canada. Unlike other Canadian politicians, King handled every crisis with thorough planning and achieved promising outcomes from unsolvable problems. It is without a doubt that King was the most influential figure in Canada’s development. His role in the autonomy, economic development, and social stability stands as solid evidence of the pioneering impacts he had on Canada’s advancement.
Jacques Cartier was a French explorer who was sent to the new world in search of a passageway to the East. Between 1535 and 1541 he explored the St. Lawrence River. Thinking he found the way to east, he went on three voyages through the St. Lawrence before deciding that it was not the way to the East. His first voyage was forced to close when a storm hit. His crew became sick with scurvy on the second, and they had to stay with a friendly Indian tribe while over half his crew suffered and died.
Macdonald often called the father of Confederation, he is the first and second longest serving prime minister in Canada for that many consider him the best leader in Canada. For example said Wilfrid Laurier, said in the House of Commons, June 8, 1891: "It may be said without any exaggeration whatever, that the life of Sir John Macdonald, from the time he entered Parliament, is the history of Canada. " Conservative Senator Hugh Segal said “Macdonald 's legacy to the country is the country itself,” Macdonald shaped the modern Canada and wanted to see it united. He foresaw the expansion of Canada “from sea to sea” and during his leadership, aside for the four original province, Manitoba, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island joined Canada.
When the great explorer Captain James Cook embarked on a journey across