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I only started learning about Canadian history a few years ago, so I find it very interesting. When I was in school, the last thing we learned about Canadian history was the defeat of Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham. Recently, I've learned that many things have happened in Canada since then.
Montcalm was incompetent and set the course for our governance. And not much has happened since then. There is still Anglo-Franco Canadian rivalry, though it has toned down somewhat. We're still essentially British, just sans the accent.
You know what we learn about in Canadian history? We learn about the Vikings that settled in L'Anse aux Meadows and then screwed off because they hate Newfoundland. (Hey, we do too! ) Then fast forward 400, 500 years and some funny Frenchmen in robes begin trading with the local Indians, giving them smallpox blankets in exchange for their secrets on how to survive in the winter. Add some World Wars and Korea and that's pretty much it.
You know how Canada got its name? Watch the Historica Minute.
*some Frenchmen arrive at an Indian village*
French clergy: What is this land called?
Indian Chief:
French clergy: This land. What is its name?
Indian Chief: *speaks Huron* (Subtitles: What, you mean the village over there?) [Village = kanata]
French clergy: Ka-na-ta...
French aide: Uhhh, sir....I'm pretty sure Kanata means those house over there. That village.
French clergy: Don't be a blasted fool! This is a beautiful land and Ka-na-ta is its name.
French aide: But sir! *gets dragged off* *camera pans out*.
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10123
Okay lol, so it's not exactly as I remember it. But you get the picture lol.
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