When Europeans explored Canada they found all regions occupied by native peoples they called Indians, because the first explorers thought they had reached the East Indies.
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The Huron-Wendat of the Great Lakes region, were farmers and hunters.
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The Cree and Dene of the Northwest were hunter-gatherers.
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The Sioux were nomadic. The Inuit lived off Arctic wildlife. Warfare was common among Aboriginal groups.
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The arrival of European traders, missionaries, soldiers and colonists changed the native way of life
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European exploration began in earnest in 1497 with the expedition of John Cabot.
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Canada was taken for France in 1534 by Jacques Cartier.
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French explorers by the end of the 17th century had explored the Great Lakes.
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In 1713, Newfoundland, Hudson Bay, and Nova Scotia were lost to England.
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During the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), England extended its conquest, and the British general James Wolfe.