European explorers like Columbus, Cartier, and Hudson claimed territories in the Americas for Spain, France, and the Netherlands, leading to European expansion at the expense of indigenous communities.

This lesson DOES not reflect INDIGENOUS PEOPLES in Canada nowadays. Its intention is not to offend anyone, but to give an overall historical characteristic of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Moreover, it is not a history lesson on the...

Viking Exploration of the New World investigates the Viking exploration of the New World by researching details of travel and motivations.

Much like the United States, Canada's first European settlements began on its east coast. But where many of the US's first settlements would eventually emerge as major population centers such as Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia,...

A description of the start of the British Empire with the early explorers, dating back to Tudor times.

Learn about Leif Erikson, the Viking explorer who led a daring expedition across the Northern Atlantic, possibly making him the first European to reach North America. Discover how Viking ships, like the Knarr, enabled their exploration...

This video explores the raw materials from around the Empire helped fire the Industrial Revolution, this video takes a look at what was traded and with whom.

British Columbia is huge! In fact, outside of Alaska, it is larger than any other U.S. state. But despite its physical size, the majority of the Canadian province's population exists within the far southwest corner, mostly within the...

The Vikings were brave sailors and explorers from long ago, and Leif Erikson was one of the first Europeans to reach North America—hundreds of years before Columbus! He sailed from Greenland and may have landed in what is now Canada....