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Worldview definition: the overall perspective by which one views and interprets the world. ([])

Mercantilism: [] Mercantilism was a type of economic system that was brought over when North America was colonized by the British. It was considered an isolated type, opposite of free trade, because it promoted domestic industries over foreign industry and only used British vessels for trade. This theory meant that self-sufficiency could be achieved. It equated a nation's strength with the goal of national self-sufficiency.

Population: the total number of persons inhabiting a country, city, or any district or area; the number or body of inhabitants of a particular race or class in a place. ([]) As the population of the Europeans in Canada increased, the population of the First Nations decreased. At first the Europeans gave the First Nations things that improved their living, but later on other things came that harmed them. They decreased because of loss of land, diseases, and other things the newcomers brought over from Europe.

Why Did The Europeans Come To Canada? Canada was a large body of land that they could settle and harvest resources from. Where their countries were struggling, they could get whatever they needed from Canada. Along with this, Canada was very spacious, so they had the room to grow crops where they couldn't in Europe. They wanted to be the first to settle the land before anyone else could take it over. There were also new goods they could get from Canada. There were also religious reasons -- European Catholics wanted to spread their religion.

Reformation Act: Reformation initated an intense religious fervor to seek out new converts to Christianity. Catholic and Protestant missionaries sought to use the power of the state to gain control over distant lands and peoples, thus making them "available" for conversion.

Technology: The Europeans possessed technology to acquire distant lands. Things like weaponry (guns and gunpowder), transportation (wagons and cars), farming items (such as plows), ships, cutlery and plates (unlike the Aboriginals, who ate off the floor).


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