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Jan 1, 1534
• Cartier lands in Newfoundland
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• Champlain establishes Port Royal,
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• Champlain establishes Quebec City,
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• First Filles du Rois arrive in New France
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• Jean Talon, intendant of New France (begins 1665)
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Jean Talon, intendant of New France (ends 1668)
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• Radisson and des Groseilliers reach Hudson Bay
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• King of England grants Hudson’s Bay Company a monopoly of trade in Rupertsland
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• Expulsion of the Acadians,
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• Seven Years War (begins 1756)
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• British conquest of Quebec (begins 1759)
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• British conquest of Quebec (ends 1760)
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Seven Years War, (ends 1763)
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• Treaty of Paris
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Establishment of the Northwest Company and expansion of HBC trading postsinto the interior; voyageurs and Métis nation
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• Vikings land in L'Anse aux Meadows