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Quebec City Founded
Founded by Samuel de Champlain & French Colonists -
Champlain builds a fur post in Montreal
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Hudson Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company (French: Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson), abbreviated HBC, is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. -
Expulsion of Acadians
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Fall of Quebec/Plains of Abraham/Montcalm & Wolfe
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The Conquest
British take Montreal -
Proclamation of 1763
Promises elected assemblies and English law in new provinces (Quebec, West Florida, East Florida) and extensive regulation of Indian affairs. -
The Quebec Act
The Quebec Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the Province of Quebec. -
Constituitional Act
Replaced the Quebec Act of 1774 -
92 Resolutions
Deadlock in the assembly. Papineau & Patriots issue the 92 Resolution, new Tory regime in England -
Rebellion
The Rebellions of 1837 were a pair of Canadian armed uprisings that occurred in 1837 and 1838 in response to frustrations in political reform and ethnic conflict. A key shared goal was the allowance of responsible government. -
Lord Durham's Report Published
Report on the Affairs of British Norht America - brought about the act of union in 1840. -
Union Act
Upper and Lower Canada are united by the Act of Union (1840) to form the Province of Canada, as recommended by Durham. Upper Canada becomes known as Canada West and Lower Canada as Canada East. Upper Canada's debt is enormous. It's English only; non-elective legislative council. -
British North America Act
The British Parliament passes the British North America Act, by which the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join to form the country of Canada. Canada East becomes the province of Quebec. Canada remained self-governing locally, but the British continued to control its external affairs. -
Guilbord Affair
Brings conclusion to legal struggle between church and estate of Guilbord. Bleus v. rouges. -
Execution of Louis Riel
Execution of Metis revolutionary Louis Riel, following attempted uprising, goes on to become pop culture icon -
Wilfrid Laurier becomes the first Quebecer to be Prime Minister of Canada.
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Rural Quebec
Quebec is 60% rural -
Le Devoir
Henri Bourassa and the conscription crisis, founded Le Devoir. -
Willian Lyon Mackenzie King becomes Prime Minister
1926-1930, 1935-48 Liberal PM navigates the Depression and WW2. Maintains support in Quebec despite the plebescite of 1942. -
Urban Growth
Quebec is 63% urban -
Le Bon Papa
DuPlessis elected premier and continues to rile almost uninterruptedly until 1959, worked with Angle businessman behind the scenes. 'Le Bon Papa" -
Women's Suffrage
Passed under the administration of Adelard Godbout -
P.E.T for me!
Pierre Elliot Trudeau becomes P.M -
Parti Quebecois Established
Rene Levesque establishes the P.Q -
Michel Tremblay
Les Belles Soeurs premieres at Theatre du Rideau-Vert on August 8. Tremblay's first play, Les Belles-Soeurs, was written in 1965 and premiered at the Thtre du Rideau Vert on August 28, 1968. Its impact was huge, bringing down the old guard of Canadian theatre and introducing joual to the mainstream. It stirred up controversy by portraying the lives of working class women and attacking the straight-laced, deeply religious society of mid-20th century Quebec. -
FLQ Formed
FLQ (Fed. Liberation Quebecois) formed, bombings and kidnappings trigger October Crisis (occupation of Montreal by Canadian army and suspension of habeas corpus rights) -
Bill 101
Bill 101 passed, French official languate of Quebec, affects business', public signage, and education. -
Referendum
40.5% Yes
59.5% No -
Canada Act
Replaces the British North America Act, cuts off all official governmental ties between Canada and Great Britian; Quebec does not sign -
Referendum
49.5% Yes
50.5% No -
United Canada
House of Commons passes a Resolution declaring Quebec a nation within a "United Canada"
