Canadiana: Cabot Discoverer of North America

Letters from Cabot to different people in his life that explain his exploration and his discoveries.

Overview and biographical facts on the life of John Cabot, the second European to find North America (after Christopher Columbus).

The Articles of Capitulation outlined the terms of the Canadien surrender to the British. Read the articles as they were written in 1760.

English, Spanish, and Portuguese maps and letters of about the voyages of Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and Portuguese explorer, Gaspar Corte Real, which describe impressions of the lands explored.

An essay detailing early English and French exploration and settlement in the New World to challenge Spanish control.

Students research and write an essay on the "Report on the Affairs of British North America," also known as the Durham Report.

High schoolers explore why the Americas attracted Europeans, why they brought enslaved Africans to their colonies, and how Europeans struggled for control of North American and the Caribbean.

Learners examine the geography of different treaty areas in order to see what it was that made these areas valuable to Europeans and Aboriginal peoples. They look at the treaties to see how these resources are dealt with, or how they...

Students research events that led to the Durham Report, the differing perspectives of various social and political groups at the time and the consequences of the report. They write a report on the source of these grievances, the goals of...