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Hudson Bay Company: The oldest incorporated joint stock company in the English-speaking world. Begun in 1670
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Halifax: the main British naval port in the West Atlantic in1749
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Canadian History, French-English Relations (1759-1867)
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Royal Proclamation: Signed in 1763
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Samuel Hearne first European to reach the Arctic Ocean in 1766.
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Quebec Act: Signed in 1774
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North-West Company: A major force in the fur trade from the 1780s to 1821.
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War of 1812: The war between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815.
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General Isaac Brock: Military commander, administrator of Upper Canada. hero of the battle of Queenston Heights in 1812.
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Great Migration: Period of immigration to Canada from 1815 to 1850
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George Brown: Journalist, politician (b at Alloa, Scot 29 Nov 1818; d at Toronto, Ont 9 May 1880)
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American Civil War: Conflict between the Northern US states (Union) and the Southern states that seceded and formed the Confederacy 1861-65.
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Confederation: T he union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Canada. Achieved 1 July 1867.
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David Thompson first to provide a comprehensive view of the vast western territories that became part of Canada in 1870