Canada: a short story Lesson 39 of the history course of Mova's primary school: 17 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: the lesson at school .
0 For thousands of years Canada has been home to First Nations and Inuit peoples, with many languages and ways of life; later the Métis, of mixed First Nations and European roots, grew up in the fur trade, and all three are still a big part of the country today. 1 In 1608 the French founded Québec and traded furs with First Nations by canoe across huge distances; beaver fur for European hats was so valuable that the beaver became a symbol of Canada. 2 In 1759 the British won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and France gave up Canada, but French Canadians kept their language, which is why a Canadian cereal box has English on one side and French on the other. 3 Canada became its own country step by step and peacefully, starting with Confederation in 1867, and a railway finished in 1885 tied it together from ocean to ocean. 4 It also has a painful story, the residential schools, for which Canada has apologised, and today it calls itself a mosaic of cultures under the red maple leaf. 5 Canada has been home for thousands of years to First Nations and Inuit peoples, with many languages and ways of life, and the Métis people, of mixed First Nations and European roots, grew up later during the fur trade. 6 French explorers and settlers founded Québec in 1608 and traded furs with First Nations across the country. 7 Beaver fur was in great demand for European hats, and traders and First Nations trappers travelled huge distances by canoe, so the beaver became a symbol of Canada. 8 In 1759 the British won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham at Québec, and France gave up Canada, but French Canadians kept their language, religion and laws. 9 Canada has two official languages, English and French. 10 In 1867 several colonies joined to form the Dominion of Canada, which is celebrated every year on Canada Day, 1 July. 11 Canada became independent step by step and peacefully, not through a revolution. 13 For over a hundred years many Indigenous children were taken from their families to residential schools, where they were forbidden to speak their own languages and many were treated badly; the last schools closed only in the 1990s, so many who went there are alive today. 14 Canada has apologised for the residential schools and is working towards reconciliation. 15 Canadian soldiers fought in both World Wars, for example at Vimy Ridge in 1917 and on D-Day in 1944, which gave Canada a stronger sense of being its own nation. 16 Canada's red maple leaf flag was adopted in 1965. 17 Canada welcomes immigrants from all over the world and calls itself a mosaic of cultures, and Toronto is one of the most diverse cities on Earth. ← previous The United States: a short storynext → Australia and New Zealand: a short story↑ back to History This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/39-canada-a-short-story/