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what are som facts about quebec i can get?

Monday, April 28th, 2008
david A asked:


the first people were the Cree, Innu, Atikamekw, Algonquin, Abenaki, Malecite, Micmac, and Inuit Iroquois lived in villages along the St.Lawrence River. Monagnais Nation, called the Innu, hunted moose and lived in movable birch bark homes. Inuit of the north hunted seals and polar bears. The famous Explorer Jacques Cartier arrived in 1534 and claimed the land for France. Samuel de Champlain set up a colony called New France in 1608. The Farmers which were called “habitants” settled there. Quebec City was captured in 1759 by the British. Loyalists arrived from the U.S. in 1781 and settled farther up the river. Quebec was divided 1791 into Upper Canada English speaking and Lower Canada mainly, French speaking, it became a part of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. The largest province and is located in eastern Canada.
The Capital City of Quebec is Quebec City. Quebec is a French Speaking province and the flower is the Blue Flag, The tree is the yellow Birch tree, and the Bird is the Snowy Owl. Algonquin called Quebec or “kebe” meaning “the place where the river narrows.” The motto is a saying in French, “Je me Souviens” which means “I Remember.”
The first thing about Quebec as a province that I am going to talk to you about is The history of Quebec is a very interesting thing to learn about. In the history the first people were the Cree, Innu, Atikamekw, Algonquin, Abenaki, Malecite, Micmac, and Inuit Iroquois lived in villages along the St.Lawrence River. Monagnais Nation, called the Innu, hunted moose and lived in movable birch bark homes. Inuit of the north hunted seals and polar bears. The famous Explorer Jacques Cartier arrived in 1534 and claimed the land for France. Samuel de Champlain set up a colony called New France in 1608. The Farmers which were called “habitants” settled there. Quebec City was captured in 1759 by the British. Loyalists arrived from the U.S. in 1781 and settled farther up the river. Quebec was divided 1791 into Upper Canada English speaking and Lower Canada mainly, French speaking, it became a part of the Dominion of Canada in 1867. The largest province and is located in eastern Canada.