GEOG 2OC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Paradigm Shift, Fur Trade
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The paradigm has now shifted from the clovis first paradigm to a pre-clovis paradigm, as a result of this new evidence. L"anse aux meadows: (site of a norseman colony) This european north american contact was roughly 500 years prior to christopher. The second wave of people entered north america during the 15th century, when the. Atlantic coast of canada was discovered by the french and english - quebec city, founded by the french in 1608, is the oldest permanent european colony in canada - Originally, settlers would have been very outnumbered by their native counterparts. French and british colonists worked together with the native peoples to set up vast trade routes, bringing valuable furs and timber back to europe - by 1750, new france had a population of roughly 60,000 people. The war of 1812 took place between fledging american forces, and the french, british,