History of St.John's
Near the early sixteenth century, in the Italian Renaissance period, Europeans started coming to St. John's because of how close it was to good fishing grounds. Later on, it became the main fishing post for the Basques, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and English. The very first few settlers in St. John's were the Oxford's, whom started a small country hold.
Through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries St. John' s has become more of an commercial area for Newfoundland's fishery. As St. John's became more of an important commercial fishing area for trade and continued to slowly grow in population it became a target by other nations, like the Basques, for it's food supply. The Basques tried to steal St. John's and failed in 1555, and 100 years later the Dutch naval strategist managed to take it over from the British. During the battles between the French and the English, St. John's was often used as a battle field, until it was later taken back from the French by the English.
In the eighteenth century, St. John's went through a series of fires that burned the city, but St. John's was able to rebuild itself each time. When St. John's had it's first municipal government it's population was around 30,000. By the nineteenth century, St. John's started becoming more of a residential area as well as keep it's place as a commercial fishing commercial area for trade.
Through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries St. John' s has become more of an commercial area for Newfoundland's fishery. As St. John's became more of an important commercial fishing area for trade and continued to slowly grow in population it became a target by other nations, like the Basques, for it's food supply. The Basques tried to steal St. John's and failed in 1555, and 100 years later the Dutch naval strategist managed to take it over from the British. During the battles between the French and the English, St. John's was often used as a battle field, until it was later taken back from the French by the English.
In the eighteenth century, St. John's went through a series of fires that burned the city, but St. John's was able to rebuild itself each time. When St. John's had it's first municipal government it's population was around 30,000. By the nineteenth century, St. John's started becoming more of a residential area as well as keep it's place as a commercial fishing commercial area for trade.
Conclusion
In conclusion, I wouldn't mind living in St. John's because it has many different types of attractions and cultural activities for me to participate in so I'll never be bored often. Plus their museums have a fun, entertaining way for me to learn more about the province, it's past and present, in which I'm being educated and having fun at the same time. Also, their economy isn't too bad and they are working on decreasing their unemployment rate, so when I reach the age that I can get a job, I won't need to worry too much about not finding a job. Somethings I would not enjoy about St. John's is that in a way it is similar to the city of Toronto, as in , it may not be as loud and busy as Toronto, but it's still a heavy metropolitan area that has an increasing population as the years go by, which means lots more people and noisy streets. The climate in St. John's is not too bad too, since I'm used to having below 10 degrees winter and above 20 degrees summers, and the fog wouldn't be much of a bother to me. Although I might be a bit worried about the overall landscape of St. John's since I'm used to Toronto's flat lands and not many hills or mountains nearby.