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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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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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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
The first Eurpeans ever to set foot in North America were the Vikings. They established a settlement in L'anse aux Meadows New Foundland but didn't stay long. North America didn't have what the Vikings were looking for.