@Dylan:
Why is Quebec nor “real Canada”? The first settlement of Canada was by the French in Quebec
Technically, L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland would be the first settlement. It dates from around 1000 CE/AD and was a Norse settlement.
After that there was the Sieur des Mons / Samuel de Champlain expedition that first settled on St. Croix Island in 1604 (on the St. Croix River which forms part of the border between present day Maine and New Brunswick). The next year (1605), they settled at Port Royal in Nova Scotia. It wasn’t until 1608 that Quebec City was founded which is regarded as the first “permanent” settlement.
Of course, there is some argument that St. John’s in Newfoundland was discovered by John Cabot in 1497. though it only held City status as of about 1620 (which would be after Quebec City and Cuper’s Cove / Cupids (1610) also in Newfoundland.
(And, of course, that doesn’t count Native American settlements)
In A&A related news - can’t wait for Europe 1940 to come out so I can get a Global game going. :D
Also, both Halifax (Nova Scotia) and St. John’s (Newfoundland) were staging points for convoys headed to England in the Second World War.
I thought the vikings were like pirates. They just destroyed the land and took the booty and go.
Vikings were pirates, but not all the norseman were vikings. After few succesful raids in England, the norseman captured York and other tactical places of south England. Their real objective wasn’t the England, it was the France. For this reason from England they attacked what today is called “Normandy”. The King of France talked with the norseman attacking and said: "if you don’t fight and become a vassal of France, and accept the Christian religion, I will give you “normandy” for free.
In fact, the Normans, were “Franchesized” Norsemans.
Around 1000 AC norseman expeditions colonized Iceland, Greenland and Vinland (<– Canada). Unfortunately the Colony in Canada wasn’t supported enough to survive, and the natives killed them all.