The Champion George Dixon A.K.A Little Chocolate

For our assignment #6 our class had to pick a famous black Man/Women that are famous and represented Canada. The person I picked to write my assignment on is the Champion boxer George Dixon.

On July 29 1870; Halifax, Nova Scotia, the champion George Dixon was born. "As a boy he was apprenticed to a photographer, and he became interested in boxing because local boxers came to his employer to sit for publicity photographs." After that time he started to train to become a great champion some day. Dixon had very fast hands and was quick on his feet like a cat. At the height of 5-3 1/2 most boxers would think George Dixon was an easy win, but they were all wrong. George Dixon was so quick when he fought the bigger size oppents, they barly hit 3 punches on him. He moved on every swing anybody took on him. By 1890 Dixon won his firist Bantamweight championship and held the featherweight championship from 1891-1900. George Dixon was the firist black Canadian man to win a boxing championship. Since he was only 5-3 1/2 and was the only black Canadian man who won a championship everyone called him Little Chocolate. He was an amazing boxer.

The important contributions George Dixon made was that he was the firist black Canadian man to win a boxing championship and held it for a long time. Also he proved to the world that Canadian people are very good fighters and he showed that size does not matter in any sport.

Here the websites I got my information from:http://coxscorner.tripod.com/dixon.html and

http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/dixon-g.htm

Assignment #5

As we know it's really cold and we can barely walk a kilometre without getting frozen. Imagine how the early Canadians had to go through to survive this cold wheather. Well your about to find out.


There are alot of reasons why the early Europeans moved to Canada in the firist place. Here are some i researched.http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/settlers1.html(I got this from that website.)

-"They were not allowed freedom and worship."

-"The goverment had control over their way of life."

-"Men were forced to serve in the army."

- "There were no jobs or the jobs were low-paying jobs."

-"Farmers wanted to own their own land."





The government of Canada was offering free land to those who were willing to settle on the prairies. Many of the immagrants were very happy about that because they had a chance to own their own land and start a new and better life. Also they had the chance to get a good job and provide money for their family.



But when they came there, they came probably when it was nice and warm and didnt know alot about the cold and winter. They had alot of problems going through the winter. They had to build their own houses for themselves and since it was winter when they started to build their house it was really hard doing it in the freezing cold. They firist had find the right wood, cut and trim the wood, and then start to build their houses.


After all that work they still had problems keeping warm. But luckly for them there was the fur trade and they got then the warm that they can need. Even though they still had like no glass or any thing like that for the windows and do not have that of a stable roof like we do now. They still used the fur to keep the snow and wind to come in the house and make it colder. But with their clothing it made them warm. The women layered overgarments (shawls, scarves or capes) over their dresses.The men wore deerskin or mooseskin jackets and pants, held up by a leather belt. The men wore a traditional woolen hat called a tuque. These hats often had a tassle at the tip and were brightly coloured. But both men and women wore leather moccasins and lined their outer clothes with fur for extra warmth.

Now I'm going to talk about why my family came to Canada and how we dealed with the cold. My whole family came from Former Yugoslavia. In 1992-1996 the war was going on in Yugoslavia. At the time my family had to leave the country in 1995. We didnt have time to choose where we would go and spend our lives. My family came to Canada because at that time, Canada was allowing alot of immagrant immigrants to come to Canada and Canada was and still is a free country now. When my family got here they had friends because people we knew from our Yugoslavia came to Canada too and some of them came before my family did. We didnt know alot about the winter and cold but we weren't to worried because there is winter and cold in Former Yugoslavia, but not as much as there is in Canada. But we lived and now have a good life.

Here are the website I found my information:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006303

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/premierescommunautes/jeunesse/021013-2051.6-e.html

http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/settlers1.html

Assignment #4

One of the assignments I looked at was Kane F assignment. I really like how he thought that the people of 2109 will get lazy and not even want to walk no more because they will rely on technology to help them with practically everything. Also I like how he said that the prices of chocolate bars will increase to a much higher price. It was good he put alot of information on his assignment. If anyone would want to look at his blog or assignment go to http://historykanef.blogspot.com/2009/01/assignment-3-canada-2109.htm

Another assignment I read was Amit J's assignment. It was good because he put alot of information on it and had very good information. For example he said that "Robots will take over our jobs." He was thinking a little more years later from 2109 in that sentence, but it was good that he made a prediction. He wrote alot more and see his site at http://historyamitj.blogspot.com/

The last assignment i read was by Talinho. I like his assignment because it had alot of information, he thought alot about what he wrote on his assignment and wrote about good things. On his last sentence he said "Something new happens everyday..." that was good because he is telling the truth and thinking when he said it. See more about his assignment and blog at http://historytalinhom.blogspot.com/

History in the Next 100 Years

Canada has changed alot in the past 100 years. The technology(Internet, TV), the people, and the whole world. These things were helpful in the past 100 years. But, stuff thats will happen in the next 100 years. Well, we will have to guess.
I guess that the people of 2109 will use technology as life. The day will come that people will not even want to do sports or will just make up their own new technology sport. The people that have alot of money will probably not worry about anything. They can get a robot to do their lives for them. I am not saying that this is for sure but it is a prediction.
Also the money in the world will change too. The people that are rich wont worry about that, a million dollars is alot of money now, but then it will not be as much. Also to buy a video game or groceries would be about 100$, now that is alot, now it will seem alot but it will be nothing to those people.
I even wonder how the sports would be like. Probably would not even be baskbetball, but that I hope does not happen. I wonder if they will even play with using their hands or feet, probably a computer mouse.
Also about the politics, how will our USA president be like or new prime minister. But then again this is all predictions and lets hope to live the day to see how the Canada or the world will look in the year of 2109

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